The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is easing its restrictions on Iran’s World Cup soccer team, allowing the players to travel to Seattle two days before their next match.
The team will still be required to leave the United States immediately after its match against Egypt on June 26, which could be its final game of the tournament, a DHS spokesperson said on June 23.
“This was planned on our end,” said Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House FIFA Task Force. “We were going to look at how the first two movements went, and if they went smoothly, we would extend the extra day in light of the longer travel time.”…