According to the Mehr reporter, the Iranian national football team was supposed to travel to Canada on June 15 to hold a preparatory meeting with the national team of this country. This match, however, after a lot of tension, was finally canceled by the Canadian Football Federation so that the preparation plans of the Iranian team would be challenged. After the cancellation of the Canadian camp, Iran did not have much opportunity to choose another camp and finally had to experience a controversial and controversial trip to Qatar under the head coach of Dragan Skocic.
Canada’s CBC has recently released full details of the game’s cancellation process by accessing various emails. In a part of this report, it is emphasized that Canada has received a request for the issuance of 58 visas from Iran, while the agreement was on the issuance of 45 visas.
At that time, it was even said that the Iranian Football Federation had issued 80 visas and traveled to Canada with a crowded caravan.
One of these emails refers to Canadians’ concerns about the cancellation of the match with Iran and its impact on FIFA’s decision to host the country in the 2026 World Cup. The letter from Global Affairs Canada states: “If the visa is not issued for the Iranian team, Iran can formally complain to the Canadian Federation and argue that this team should not host the 2026 World Cup.” Also, the Canadian Federation may be fined and sanctioned by FIFA.
However, according to the Canadian media, the Football Federation of this country now confirms that it has not faced any fines from FIFA after the cancellation of the game.
Also, the Iranian media, quoting the manager of the Iranian national team, announced that the Canadian Football Federation paid 400 thousand dollars to the Iranian Football Federation for this game, but the Canadian Federation finally said that it did not pay any money to Iran.