𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 ‘𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆’ — 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 Former US President Donald Trump warned Iran’s football team that their ‘life and safety’ would be at risk if they participated in the World Cup…. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

US President Donald Trump warned Iran’s football team on Thursday that their “life and safety” would be at risk if they took part in the upcoming World Cup in North America.

Trump’s comments came just two days after he told FIFA chief Gianni Infantino the Iranian players would be welcome despite the Middle East war.

“The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to the World Cup, but I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on February 28, has thrown into doubt Iran’s participation at this summer’s men’s football World Cup, jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Infantino, the head of world football’s governing body, said earlier this week that during a meeting with Trump at the White House they had discussed the “current situation in Iran.”

“President Trump reiterated that the Iranian team is, of course, welcome to compete in the tournament in the United States,” he wrote after the meeting on Tuesday.

His comments were the first time the football chief has acknowledged the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Trump this week weighed in on the case of Iran’s visiting women footballers in Australia, calling for them to get asylum.

The players feared they could face retaliation back home for not singing the national anthem before an Asian Cup match.

Australia later agreed to grant asylum to the five players who decided to stay.