{"id":612,"date":"2026-06-22T10:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=612"},"modified":"2026-06-22T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:11:04","slug":"homeland-security-chief-iran-tried-to-bring-irgc-linked-individuals-into-us-with-world-cup-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security Chief: Iran Tried to Bring IRGC-Linked Individuals Into US With World Cup Delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Sunday that Iranian officials attempted to bring multiple individuals with alleged ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps into the United States as part of the country\u2019s World Cup soccer delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=610\">Congress to Advance Major Housing Reform Package<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mullin made the remarks during an interview with Fox News as U.S.-Iran negotiations were<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials subjected members of Iran\u2019s traveling delegation to heightened scrutiny after President Donald Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security to conduct extensive vetting of individuals seeking entry into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mullin said more than half of the additional representatives Iran sought to bring into the United States had connections to the IRGC, which U.S. officials view as a hostile military organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy that tried to get on the plane yesterday had direct ties to the IRGC,\u201d Mullin told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe accepted 53 individuals coming in and the rest of the individuals that Iran had tried to bring in all also had direct ties to the IRGC and aren\u2019t their normal traveling group,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mullin also said an individual identified as the president of Iran\u2019s soccer federation was linked to the IRGC and was denied entry before Sunday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=609\">The Open-Border Funding and Facilitation Network Part I: International Pipelines, UN Cash, and Federally Funded NGO Resettlement Networks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The secretary said the administration anticipated that Iran could attempt to use the World Cup delegation to gain access to the United States and took additional precautions as a result.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mullin, Trump authorized what he described as extreme vetting measures to screen members of the Iranian contingent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese games that Iran plays makes them an adversary that you can\u2019t trust,\u201d Mullin said.<\/p>\n<p>Mullin did not provide additional details about the individuals who were denied entry or the nature of their alleged ties to the IRGC.<\/p>\n<p>The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran called Mullin\u2019s allegation \u201can outright lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe claim that an official representative of the Iranian football federation attempted to board a flight to enter the United States yesterday and was prevented from doing so is an outright and undeniable lie. This claim is so unfounded that those who made it are well aware that such an incident never occurred in the first place,\u201d FFIRI said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=607\">Who\u2019s the Boss? 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