U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that while the United States has not forbidden Iran from participating in the World Cup, Iran cannot bring members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) into the country and disguise them as journalists or athletic trainers.
![@Open Source Intel: Sec. Marco Rubio on Iran in the world cup:
"Nothing from the U.S. has told [Iran] they can't come... What they can't bring is a bunch of IRGC terrorists into our country and pretend that they're jou](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpub-4357b54df55146feb8261be683c32511.r2.dev%2Fimages%2F1777019465444-29248434d16dd4e1-AaOjvzttxEKHyAio.jpg&w=3840&q=75)