Iran officials leave Canada before Fifa Congress over airport ´insult´: Iranian media

Iran’s delegation to the Fifa Congress, due to be held this week in Vancouver, left Canada on Wednesday before the global football gathering because of an “insult” at immigration at Toronto’s international airport, Iranian media reported.

The Iranian delegation “returned to Turkiye on the first flight due to the inappropriate behaviour of the immigration officials at the airport and the insult to one of the most honourable organs of the Iranian Armed Forces”, several outlets reported, without providing further details.

In 2024, Canada designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror group, barring its members from entering the country. The Iranian reports said its federation president and deputy secretary general had travelled to Canada with “official visas” before turning around. –Agencies