The coach of the Iranian football team at the World Cup said that the USA had agreed to relax restrictions for their final group game next week, the Times of Israel reported on Sunday.
Amir Ghalenoei had previously described Iran as “the most oppressed team in the whole World Cup”.
With the US and Iran at war since February, the White House has imposed strict controls on the visiting squad.
The team, while based in Mexico, are playing their group games in the USA but are only allowed to travel to venues within 24 hours of the match and have to depart back to their training camp shortly after full time.
Iran, which drew with the lowest-ranked team New Zealand in its first game last week, is due to meet Belgium in Los Angeles on Sunday.
But Ghalenoei told a press conference that the team would be given greater leeway for their final match against Egypt in Seattle on Friday, according to the Times of Israel.
“They said in Seattle, you can do what you want, you can act the way you want to, and you can come earlier,” he was reported as saying.
“But… my problem is, why didn’t they let us come earlier for the first two games as well?”
The Iranians had reportedly been considering a complaint to the world football authority, Fifa, over their treatment.
According to Reuters, Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House Task Force for the tournament, said on Saturday that the situation was “dynamic”.
After the Belgium game on Sunday, Iran will take the 27-minute flight back to Tijuana.
“We will see how it goes for match two, and then there will be discussions the day after in terms of what it looks like for match three in Seattle,” Giuliani added.
Eleven Iranian team officials had been denied visas to the States, and four were admitted only after an appeal.
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