On October 6 local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Aragzi said when participating in the eventIran is following up on the US refusal to issue a visa to the Iranian Football Association delegation¡£

Earlier in the day, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagae also said: "In principle, sports-related issues should be resolved within the field of sports and within the relevant legal and international frameworks.We hope that the US government will avoid imposing political bias and politicization in the field of sports¡£¡±

Bagae pointed out that the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs will spare no effort to take all measures to solve this problem. At the same time, he expressed concern that the United States might abuse the right to host the country and impose political purposes on Iranian athletes.

Bagae said: "Unfortunately, when dealing with Iran's diplomatic delegation, the United States also abused its status as the headquarters and host country of the United Nations and refused to issue visas to a considerable number of members of the Iranian delegation."

According to Iranian state television reports, recently, FIFA submitted to the U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates the list of nine people to attend the 2026 World Cup draw ceremony on the request of FIFA, but the U.S. rejected the visa application of the Iranian delegation and did not issue a visa to it. At present, FIFA President Mahdi Taj said that he had communicated with FIFA President Inventino to determine a solution to the visa issue.