Iran in Mexico for FIFA

❤️🇲🇽🇮🇷🇵🇸 LIVE FROM MEXICO CITY FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP! pic.twitter.com/VOi4s62bgF

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinkle) June 11, 2026

I'm not covering FIFA for various reasons but I just wanted to point out how well received the Iran soccer team is in Mexico and comment on some of the injustices around FIFA. 

The president of Mexico said they have no problem hosting the Iranian soccer team and letting them switch some of their American games in Mexico. 

Seemingly America said no to rescheduling the games and said the Iranian soccer team can play in America they just can't stay over night which is of course absurd. So they have a base camp set up in Tijuana and go into the US for day trips to play their games. It's just stupid. Seemingly the Iranian soccer team is facing big visa hurdles to get into Canada which is also stupid. 

A lot of people are talking about boycotting FIFA over this and I lean towards that response myself. Not in an antagonistic way just in a very disappointed way. I'm not even sure if Iranian or Palestinian tourists are allowed to visit Canada for FIFA which if not, would be another reason to boycott it. 

Not that anyone being bombed by the US can afford tickets to FIFA. The price of tickets is another absurdity all on it's own. If I could afford a ticket, I wouldn't spend it on that. It's too bad FIFA had to get so political. It could have been a world wide unified event. They chose to make it divisive instead. 

A powerful video on the FIFA World Cup pic.twitter.com/0wIajGuZ8n

— Kim Heller (@kimheller3) June 11, 2026