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'Repressed' Iran forced to leave U.S. after game

Tue, Jun 16, 8:38 AM UTC

Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei called his team perhaps the "most repressed team in the whole World Cup," after he said Iran have been forced to leave Los Angeles and return to their base camp in Tijuana, Mexico, immediately following their openi

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