Iran switches World Cup base from U.S. to Mexico

Tehran – Iran is moving its World Cup training base to Mexico after soccer’s world governing body FIFA approved a request to transfer it from Tucson, Arizona, the head of Iran’s soccer federation said on Saturday.

The Iranian team will now be based in Tijuana on the border of Mexico and the United States during the tournament, federation president Mehdi Taj said in a video carried by the Fars news agency.