Iran's national team faced challenges with its US visas held up until the night before their departure. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iran's national team faced challenges with its US visas held up until the night before their departure. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iranians say it's difficult to get excited about a soccer tournament in a year that has seen so much suffering, especially when it's being hosted by a country they are at war with