Vancouver (British Columbia), May 2 -- FIFA President Gianni Infantino opened his address at FIFA Congress by affirming that Iran will participate in the World Cup and that the team will play in the United States despite the conflict between the two nations. "And the reason for that is very simple, dear friends, is because we have to unite. We have to bring people together. It is my responsibility. It is our responsibility," Infantino said. "Football unites the world. FIFA unites the world. You unite the world. We unite the world." In an indication of how fraught the situation is with Iran's participation in the World Cup, representatives from the Iranian soccer federation were denied entry into Canada this week. At the roll call for the FIFA Congress where all nations were named, Iran was announced as absent. Palestine Football Association President Jibril Rajoub refused to shake hands with Basim Sheikh Suliman, the vice president of Israel's soccer governing body, during a tense moment at the FIFA Congress. After the two men addressed the congress, they were called on stage by Infantino. They stood far apart from each other and Rajoub protested loudly away from microphones before leaving the stage....