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Babak Kamiar

Iran coach calls team World Cup's 'most oppressed' after rushed departure from US

Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei said his team was "perhaps the most oppressed in the World Cup," after his side was ordered to leave the US and fly back to its training base in Tijuana only hours after opening the tournament with a 2-2 draw against New Zealand on Monday night.

"They didn't even give us time to recover," Ghalenoei said through an interpreter. "After the game today, they said to us, 'You have to leave immediately.

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