Iranian state TV said the players and their technical staff had received visas, but 15 others on the administrative and management side had not.

Iranian state TV said the players and their technical staff had received visas, but 15 others on the administrative and management side had not.

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 U.S. visas.

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 U.S. visas, ahead of three group match

Members of Iran's World Cup soccer team have been granted visas to the United States, U.S. officials said Friday, clearing them to enter the United States from their training base in Tijuana, Mexico, ahead of their first two matches near Los Angeles this month.

While visas were granted to the players for matches to be played on American soil, Tehran claims soccer officials, support staff were excluded

This comes just 10 days before Iran's first game at the World Cup.