Tijuana, May 24 -- Iran will base their squad in the Mexican border city of Tijuana during the 2026 FIFA World Cup 2026 after the apex governing body approved a request to relocate the team's training camp from Arizona, the head of Iran's football federation said on Saturday.

In a video posted on the Iran Football Federation's (FFIRI) Telegram account, President Mehdi Taj said, "We will be based in the Tijuana camp, which is near the Pacific Ocean and on the border between Mexico and the United States."

Taj said Tijuana is a more convenient base for Iran, with just a 55-minute flight to Los Angeles, making it closer to the team's match venues than their originally planned camp in Arizona.

"The total distance between us and the venue of...