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Iran football federation denies US claims of IRGC operative on team flight

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Iran's football federation has vehemently denied claims made by US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that an individual linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attempted to board the national team's flight to Los Angeles. The federation called the allegations "fabricated and entirely baseless," stating that such an incident never occurred and questioning the credibility of the US official's statements. The federation president, Mehdi Taj, was mentioned in relation to the incident, which the federation asserts is a lie designed to justify restrictions on the national team. AI

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Iran football federation denies US claims of IRGC operative on team flight

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · dpa ·

    Revolutionary Guard claim is ‘outright lie’, says Iran’s football federation

    US claims that an individual with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tried to join the Iran team’s flight to the United States on Saturday are “fabricated and entirely baseless allegations”, the country’s football federation (FFIRI) has said. Markwayne Mullin, t…

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