Kuala Lampur, May 1 -- VANCOUVER, May 1 - Fifa President Gianni Infantino reiterated that Iran will play their World Cup games in the United States as scheduled, as football's power-brokers met in Vancouver yesterday.

Iran's participation at this year's World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States has been shrouded in uncertainty since the eruption of war in the Middle East in February following strikes by the United States and Israel.

Infantino, who has repeatedly stated that Iran will be at the World Cup, underscored that stance at the start of his address to delegates as Fifa's 76th Congress got underway in western Canada.

"Let me start by the outset, confirming straightaway that of course Iran will be participating at the Fif...