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Trump Envoy Pushes Italy To Replace Iran At World Cup. A Trump envoy proposed replacing Iran with Italy at the upcoming World Cup, reports said. The plan reportedly aimed to ease tensions between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni. Envoy Paolo Zampolli said Italy’s football history justified inclusion. He suggested the idea to FIFA and president Gianni Infantino. Italy failed to qualify after losing a playoff to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Iran had already qualified but asked to move matches out of the U.S. after the war began. FIFA said matches would go ahead as planned, with no official response to the proposal. Any replacement decision would rest with FIFA, with Asian teams also likely contenders.
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