Iran's World Cup players take to the training pitch

“Iran's footballers took to the training pitch in front of journalists Thursday at their base camp in Mexico, giving the world its first glimpse of a team whose participation in the World Cup has been clouded by war with the United States. After having moved their training camp to Tijuana from the planned base in Arizona, the squad has said very little since arriving for the tournament last Sunday. For Thursday's training session, journalists were given fifteen minutes to see a small group of players as they ran through warm-up exercises.

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