President Donald Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo) On a day when FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed that the Iran football team will compete at the FIFA World Cup later this year, US President Donald Trump seemed to climb down from his previous hardline stance against the Iranian football team travelling to the USA for the prestigious event. The USA are co-hosting the FIFA World Cup with Mexico and Canada, and all of Iran’s group stage matches are in the US, a country they are at war with since late February. Infantino had opened his address at Thursday’s FIFA Congress by re-confirming that Iran will participate in the World Cup despite the conflict between the two nations. “Of course Iran will be participating at the FIFA World Cup 2026. And of course Iran will play in the United States of America,” Infantino said Thursday.…