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

All of Iran's group games are in the US, but players and support staff will have to fly in and out of the country on match day.

TIJUANA, June 7 : Iran’s national soccer team arrived in Tijuana early on Sunday ahead of three World Cup matches in the United States, amid tensions that have turned the world’s biggest sporting event into a soft-power contest between the warring countries.The squad touched down shortly after five a.m. (