@nizammissaghi: FIFA’s Lenient Track Record with Iran: Setting the Record Straight. We examine FIFA’s actual history with Iran’s national football federation, revealing a pattern of repeated leniency rather than discrimination. We discuss how FIFA suspended Iran in 2006 for government interference but lifted the suspension after unfulfilled reform promises, and how the organization repeatedly warned Iran about excluding women from stadiums without imposing the strongest sanctions. We compare FIFA’s approach to Iran with its stricter handling of other nations like Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Pakistan, and address the 2022 incident where women were pepper sprayed at a World Cup qualifier. We also explore how US visa policies, while separate from FIFA’s actions, have been conflated with claims of FIFA unfairness and racism, and note that it was well within FIFA’s powers to suspend Iran’s football federation for multiple infractions which could have prevented Iran’s participation in World Cup 2026. So Islamic Republic’s Team Melli owes it to FIFA for being able to participate in the first place. #FIFA #Iran #football #teammelli #ایران

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Sunday 28 June 2026 23:53:03 GMT