FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed Iran will play their World Cup matches in the United States this summer. His comments follow recent uncertainty stemming from US and Israeli airstrikes on 28 February. Further concerns arose as Iran’s football association was the sole absentee from Thursday’s FIFA Congress in Vancouver. It is understood two delegates, with Canadian visas, chose not to attend after a group member was denied entry in Toronto. Infantino, however, opened his Congress address by insisting the Iranian team would indeed participate at the North American finals “Let me start at the outset by confirming straight away, for those who maybe want to say something else or write something else, that of course Iran will be participating at the FIFA World Cup 2026 ,” the Swiss said, to cheers from the assembled delegates. “And of course, Iran will play in the United States of America. The reason for that is simple, because we have to unite.…