{"id":86266,"date":"2026-03-11T21:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86266"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:58:28","slug":"under-no-circumstances-can-we-participate-iran-rules-out-playing-at-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/11\/under-no-circumstances-can-we-participate-iran-rules-out-playing-at-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Under no circumstances can we participate&#8217;: Iran rules out playing at World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/11\/03\/106826601-15634467-Pictuerd_Iranian_players_refusing_to_sing_the_national_anthem_du-a-2_1773201569309.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Iranian players refusing to sing the national anthem during their first Asian Cup match on March 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><strong>&#8220;Under no circumstances&#8221; can Iran compete in this year&#8217;s World Cup, the country&#8217;s sports minister has said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/under-no-circumstances-can-we-participate-iran-rules-out-playing-at-world-cup\/ar-AA1YfqF0?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69b1dc5039b14e4b9d8da7d464cf2575&amp;ei=13\">Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image-slot image-slot-placeholder\" data-doc-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA1S4F9y\">\n<div class=\"article-image-slot\">\n<div class=\"article-image-container polished\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;OpenModal&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:8,&quot;c.i&quot;:&quot;AA1YfqF0&quot;,&quot;c.l&quot;:false,&quot;c.t&quot;:13,&quot;c.v&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;c.c&quot;:&quot;newsworld&quot;,&quot;c.b&quot;:&quot;Sky News&quot;,&quot;c.bi&quot;:&quot;AA2eki&quot;,&quot;c.tv&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;c.tc&quot;:&quot;general&quot;,&quot;c.hl&quot;:&quot;'Under no circumstances can we participate': Iran rules out playing at World Cup&quot;}\" data-test-id=\"AA1S4F9y\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&#8220;Under no circumstances&#8221; can Iran compete in this year&#8217;s World Cup, the country&#8217;s sports minister has said. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iran-football-team-men.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86268,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86266\/revisions\/86268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}