📰🇮🇷🇮🇶. Iranian Mehr News Agency: The Iraqi government is delaying the direct travel of the Iranian soccer team.
Iran's soccer team was scheduled to leave today at 12:00 from Mahrabad Airport on a private plane, bound for Basra, Iraq, to play two friendly matches.
However, just one hour before the scheduled takeoff, the Iraqis refused to issue permission for the flight. As a result, the members of the team have not yet left the "Olympic" hotel, which led to a delay in the team's trip to Iraq.
However, officials in the national team are making efforts to resolve this issue. If the direct flight is cancelled, the team will travel today by plane to Abadan, and from there they will travel by land to Basra.