New Delhi, March 11 -- The head of Iran's Football Federation, Mehdi Taj, has raised serious doubts about Iran participating in the FIFA World Cup 2026. The prestigious tournament will be hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Speaking on Iranian state television, Mehdi Taj questioned whether it made sense to send a national team to a tournament hosted partly in the United States, a country currently at war with Iran.

Iran are scheduled to play all three of its group-stage matches on US soil. They are supposed to play two matches in Los Angeles and one in Seattle. Team Melli's participation has been uncertain ever since the US and Israel started military strikes on Iran.

Taj's remarks came on the same day that five players fro...