Tehran, May 10 -- Iran has indicated it will take part in this summer's football World Cup,but has demanded a series of guarantees from FIFA and the tournament's hosts amid growing tensions surrounding the team's participation.
The Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) said Iran would compete at the tournament "without any retreat from our beliefs, culture and convictions", while insisting the hosts "must take our concerns into account".
The demands come after FFIRI president Mehdi Taj was denied entry to Canada before last month's FIFA Congress, according to BBC Sport.
Taj later revealed Iran had presented FIFA with 10 conditions for participation at the World Cup, which begins on June 11 in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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