Tawagar FIFA World Cup 2026 ta Iran ta sauka a Tijuana, Mexico, yayin da takaddamar diflomasiyya mai ƙaruwa game da visa na Amurka ke barazanar ɓoye shirye-shiryen su kafin gasar.

An tsara dukkan wasannin rukunin Iran guda uku su gudana a ƙasar Amurka, amma an iyakance 'yan wasa da ma'aikatan tallafi masu muhimmanci su yi tafiya a rana ta wasa kawai. Bugu da ƙari, an ruwaito cewa jami'ai 15, ciki har da shugaban ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa, mataimakinsa, da daraktan kafofin watsa labarai, an ƙi ba su visa ta Amurka gaba ɗaya.

Wani jami'i na Iran ya bayyana yanayin a matsayin tsoma bakin siyasa a cikin wasanni a mafi munin salon sa, yayin da ofishin jakadancin Iran a Turkiyya ya zarge Amurka da "tsoma bakin siyasa mai nuna bangaranci a cikin wasanni" ta hanyar hana "babban ɓangare na ma'aikatan gudanarwa da na ayyuka" da "masu ba da shawara na fasaha" shiga ƙasar.

An koma da sansanin horarwa zuwa Mexico

Tawagar da farko ta kafa sansanin horarwa a Tucson, Arizona, kafin ta koma Tijuana a ƙarshen watan Mayu. Ta isa wannan birni na kan iyaka na Mexico a farkon ƙarfe na safe na ranar Lahadi a lokacin gari.

Hukumomin Amurka sun tabbatar da cewa an ba dukkan 'yan wasa da waɗanda suka kira "ma'aikatan tallafi masu muhimmanci" visa a ranar Juma'a — kwanaki goma kafin wasan farko na Iran a Los Angeles a ranar 15 ga Yuni. Duk da haka, Washington ta ci gaba da cewa ba za a bar Iran ta "yi amfani da wannan tsarin don saka masu ta da ƙayar baya a Amurka da hujjoji na ƙarya" ba.

A farkon mako, Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Amurka Marco Rubio ya bayyana cewa ba za a ba wa wakilan Iran damar haɗa da mutanen da ke da alaƙa da Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ba, wata reshe mai ƙarfi na rundunar sojan Iran. Wasu 'yan wasa a cikin tawagar ta yanzu sun kammala aikin soja na tilas a cikin wannan ƙungiyar.

Kira ga Fifa ta shiga tsakani

Ofishin jakadancin Iran a Turkiyya ya roƙi Fifa, ƙungiyar da ke mulkin ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya, ta shiga tsakani ta warware wannan takaddama. Wannan lamari yana nuna lokaci na musamman a tarihin Kofin Duniya — wannan bugu, wanda Amurka, Canada, da Mexico suka haɗa gwiwa wajen masaukinsa, shine na farko da ya tilasta ƙasar masaukin ta karɓi tawagar ƙasar da take yaƙi da ita.

Iran ta samu wurinta a FIFA World Cup 2026 ta hanyar zuwa saman rukuninta na cancantar a watan Maris 2025, kusan shekara guda kafin tashin hankali tsakanin kasashen ya ƙaruwa. Bayan wasansu na farko a Los Angeles, an kuma shirya Iran ta fuskanci Belgium a California da Egypt a Seattle don kammala balaguron ta a matakin rukuni.