The World Cup is starting this summer, where the Iran national team, known by supporters as Team Melli, is due to play their three group stage games on US soil.
But with US-Israeli attacks on Iran continuing and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warning that the "hardest hits are yet to come", the nation’s involvement in the North American tournament this summer has been thrown into doubt.
At least 787 people have been killed in Iran, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, while the US death toll stands at six
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