Iran's goalkeeper #12 Payam Niazmand and Iran's forward #11 Ali Alipour take part in a training session at Carson Sports Park in Carson, California on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

The bus carrying Iran's national football team arrives at Carson Sports Park in Los Angeles on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)

The bus carrying Iran's national football team arrives at Carson Sports Park in Los Angeles on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)

People hold pre-revolutionary Iranian flags as they protest the Iranian regime outside Carson Sports Park before Iran's training session in Los Angeles on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)

People hold pre-revolutionary Iranian flags as they protest the Iranian regime outside Carson Sports Park before Iran's training session in Los Angeles on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: A motor sports athlete and stunt performer does a motorcycle jump ahead of the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn of the White House on June 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: A motor sports athlete and stunt performer does a motorcycle jump ahead of the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn of the White House on June 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: Motor sports athletes and stunt performers do a motorcycle jump ahead of the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn of the White House on June 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)