Iran seeks Fifa guarantees before attending World Cup in US

Iran seeks Fifa guarantees before attending World Cup in US Mehdi Taj has demanded guarantees from Fifa that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other state institutions will not be “insulted” when the national football team attends the World Cup in June. “We need a guarantee there, for our trip, that they have no right to insult the symbols of our system, especially the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” Taj told Reuters. “We are going to the World Cup, for which we qualified, and our host is FIFA – not Mr.