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SEATTLE — Iran’s adventure through a World Cup beset by geopolitical complexity and logistical complications will likely continue after the team landed a frenetic 1-1 draw against Egypt.Iran, which began the World Cup as the first competing team at war with the host nation, now waits another day to learn its fate. The results of other games will determine whether Iran proceeds to the tournament’s elimination rounds or heads home. “Reaching the knockout stage under these circumstances would not merely be a sporting achievement; it would also be a symbol of resilience, hope, and national unity,” Abolfazl Pasandideh, Iran’s ambassador to Mexico, told POLITICO prior to the match. The high-stakes intra-Mideast encounter kicked off hours after a tenuous peace between the U.S. and Iran was threatened by American strikes on Iranian military installations along the Hormuz Strait. U.S. Central Command described the strikes as a response to an Iranian drone attack on a Singaporean cargo ship that Trump called a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire. Iran’s progress in the World Cup will likely have little direct bearing on the future of any peace negotiations, but the increasing probability that the team could play its next match in Canada rather than the U.S. could ease questions about the team’s status that have bedeviled the Trump administration. “The White House FIFA Task Force has prepared for and is aware of all potential scenarios involving 32 teams that will move into the knockout rounds and will advance from there,” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said before the match. Despite being one of the first teams to qualify for the World Cup, Iran’s participation was left uncertain after Trump first launched strikes against the country in February. Iranian soccer officials threatened to boycott the tournament; Trump told POLITICO, “I really don’t care” if the team participated. The politically fraught matchday unfolded against the backdrop of “Pride Match” festivities that had been planned over the last year and a half to take place on June 26. The event was complicated by a FIFA lottery draw that placed Iran and Egypt in Seattle on the designated day. Sports officials from both countries, whose governments are among the world’s most repressive to sexual minorities, objected to the designation. Indeed, despite FIFA’s announcement that rainbow flags would be permitted in the stadium, few were visible as the match began. Instead the stands rippled with the colors of the two Middle Eastern countries on the field, including many of the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flags that FIFA has attempted to ban under a stadium code of conduct that prohibits political displays. Among the groups of fans massing near Seattle’s Pioneer Square were many challenging the Iranian regime. Some held pictures of Reza Pahlavi, the son of a former Shah who has put himself forward as a potential national leader, while others recited the names of protestors allegedly killed by government forces. “No deal with murderers. Stop bargaining with Iranian lives,” read one sign held by protesters. By mid-afternoon, news spread on the streets of Seattle of the U.S. military strikes, raising the stakes around a match that would likely help to determine whether Iran’s team would need to negotiate with the U.S. government as it progressed in the World Cup. The U.S. government has not said whether it will further adjust the travel rules should Iran advance in the tournament. “Any measure that facilitates athletes’ participation and competition on equal terms is a positive step,” Pasandideh said of the Trump administration’s relaxed travel rules for the Iran team ahead of the Egypt match. An apparent extra-time goal that would have put Iran through to the knockout round as the Group G winner sent players and fans into paroxysms of joy before being ruled out after a lengthy video review. While Egypt’s path into the next round is guaranteed, Iran will have to wait for results from matches involving Algeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo to know its future steps. It could end up playing its next match in Vancouver or Dallas — or be forced to head home.“We want them to be able to compete, and if they’re good enough to advance to the next round … they’ll have the opportunity to do that,” White House World Cup task force Executive Director Andrew Giuliani said in an interview earlier this month. The result in Seattle eliminated one possible route for Iran through the tournament that could have included a potential U.S.-Iran quarterfinal on July 6. The earliest the two erstwhile belligerents could now see one another on the soccer field is in an improbable final, where Trump is expected to award the winning team its trophy.

The U.S. conducted a strike against Iran on Friday in response to an attack on a commercial ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the most significant test yet of the deal to end hostilities that President Donald Trump signed last week. U.S. Central Command said Friday that American aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites, along with coastal radar sites. On Thursday, Iran attacked a Singaporean cargo ship that was exiting the strait along the Omani coast with a one-way drone attack, Central Command said. Trump earlier Friday called Iran’s attack on the ship a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire. The attacks jeopardize a temporary peace framework that the Trump administration has trumpeted as an effective means for lasting peace in the region and the end of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Negotiations have been ongoing, and the president and his administration have issued several public statements claiming Iran has agreed to keep the strait open and allow for an inspections regime of its nuclear program. The U.S. strikes were in keeping with other recent airstrikes on Iranian targets, and appeared calculated to keep any new flare-up in fighting to a minimum. American aircraft have hit similar targets several times over the past several weeks, and each time U.S. officials have characterized them as “defensive” in nature. The U.S. retains a formidable military presence in the region, with around 50,000 troops on the ground and at sea. Two aircraft carriers remain prowling the Gulf of Oman, along with several destroyers and submarines in the region capable of firing long-range missiles deep inland. There are also about 2,500 Marines aboard the USS Tripoli and accompanying ships on station as well, with another 2,500 en route, currently in the Pacific. Friday’s strikes represent a low-point in peace negotiations aiming for a permanent end to the war. Pakistani and Qatari mediators had said earlier this week that the first round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran had been productive, and Israel and Lebanon brokered a peace framework with the U.S. earlier Friday, though details on the agreement were not released. The attacks further complicate the immediate future of one of the world’s most vital shipping arteries. The United Nations-backed International Maritime Organization scuttled its efforts at evacuating shipping vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf following the drone attack Thursday. The organization’s secretary general said in a statement Thursday the ship that had been attacked was not transiting under the group’s framework.

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