Iran's soccer team leaves for World Cup as some officials still await US visas

ANTALYA, Turkey — Iran’s World Cup soccer team set off from Turkey for their training base in Mexico on Saturday, with some members of their entourage reportedly still without US visas, before three group matches in the United States later this month. The Iranian Football Federation's secretary-general, Hedayat Mombeini, and its vice president, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, were among 14 backroom staff and officials without US visas before games in Los Angeles and Seattle, according to Irania