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Los Angeles (Lord Media): Iranian footballer Mehdi Torabi’s U.S. visa expired after the first FIFA World Cup match, casting doubt on his participation in upcoming games. Torabi was granted a single-entry visa to the United States.<\/p>\n

Iran’s first match ended in a 2-2 draw against New Zealand, after which the Iranian team returned to their base camp in Mexico.<\/p>\n

The Iranian Football Federation has initiated efforts to secure a new visa for Mehdi Torabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iranian footballer Mehdi Torabi’s U.S. visa expired post World Cup match, affecting his future participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[286,287,1103,1104,278,1105],"ppma_author":[94],"class_list":["post-75184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-football","tag-iranian-football-federation","tag-mehdi-torabi","tag-sports","tag-u-s-visa"],"yoast_head":"\nIranian footballer faces visa issue post World Cup match - China Urdu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=75184\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iranian footballer faces visa issue post World Cup match - 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