FIFA President Gianni Infantino recently met with United States President Donald Trump to discuss the status of preparations for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is slated to be co-hosted by USA, Canada, and Mexico in June-July.

In a statement released after the meeting, the FIFA boss revealed that he also talked about the ongoing conflict in West Asia, where the US and Israel are fighting an all-out war against Iran, which killed its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

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Apparently, Trump has told Infantino that he has no problem with Iran playing in the upcoming FIFA World Cup in the United States.

“We also spoke about the current situation in Iran, and the fact that the Iranian team has qualified to participate in the FIFA World Cup 2026. During the discussions, President Trump reiterated that the Iranian team is, of course, welcome to compete in the tournament in the United States,” a FIFA statement read.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino:

“This evening, I met with the President of the 🇺🇸 United States, Donald J. Trump to discuss the status of preparations for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, and the growing excitement as we are set to kick off in just 93 days.
 
“We also spoke about…

— FIFA Media (@fifamedia) March 11, 2026

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is set on June 11. Iran’s men’s team has already qualified for the competition and has three group matches scheduled in the United States. They will first play against New Zealand in Inglewood, California on June 15. After that, they will face Belgium on June 21. Iran will then play their final group match against Egypt in Seattle on June 26.

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The current FIFA president is considered very close to Trump, for whom he even introduced a new award called the ‘FIFA Peace Prize.’ Infantino himself presented the award to Trump during the World Cup final draw in Washington DC late last year. He probably didn’t know at the time the same man would go on to approve the kidnapping of Venezuela’s president and the killing of Iran’s leader in the weeks to come.

Meanwhile, it was just last week that Trump told Politico, “I really don’t care,” when he was asked about Iran’s participation in the World Cup. Iran was the only country that missed out on attending the FIFA planning summit held last week in Atlanta. It will be interesting to see if Iran takes a stand against going to the US for the World Cup or if the team goes and makes political statements.