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FIFA have issued a statement on postponing the 2026 World Cup amid the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran.
The US and Israel launched a ‘major combat operation’ on Iran in the early hours of Saturday, February 28.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed in an airstrike on his office in Tehran later on Saturday evening.
Iran launched retaliatory attacks on US and Israel military bases across the West Region in the Middle East, causing mass airspace closures across the region.
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Iran have since appointed Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, as the new supreme leader, and have vowed to continue missile attacks.
FIFA’s Chief Operating Officer, Heimo Schirgi, says he ‘hopes’ that all 48 qualified teams, including Iran, can participate, but added that the crisis in the Middle East will not affect their plans for June onwards.
“At some stage, we will have a resolution, and the World Cup will go on obviously,” he said (as per NBC 5 Dallas).
“The World Cup is too big, and we hope that everyone can participate that has qualified.”
