Mehdi Taremi detained by US officials at airport, Iran reports

Iran’s football federation announced that star forward Mehdi Taremi and assistant coach Saeed Alhoei were delayed by U.S. officials while traveling from Mexico to Seattle for their World Cup match against Egypt. The federation reported that the hold-up lasted 25 minutes, though reasons for the incident were not specified. This comes amid ongoing U.S. travel restrictions on the Iranian delegation, which has faced challenges during their group-stage matches hosted in the U.S.

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