Rubio denies US trying to exclude Iran players from World Cup
The United States will not exclude Iran from the World Cup tournament it is hosting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, after an official mused about replacing war-battered Iran with Italy, which did not qualify. The post Rubio denies US trying to exclude Iran players from World Cup appea
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