Iran's World Cup Team Highlights School Strike Victims with Pins in Mexico Arrival
Iran's World Cup soccer team arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, wearing lapel pins to honor the victims of a missile strike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran. The pins, gold-colored and marked with the number '168', commemorate the individuals, mostly children, who died in the February 28 attack. This strike, believed to have been launched by the U.S., targeted a school near a Revolutionary Guard base. The incident has drawn criticism from the United Nations and human rights organizations, although neither the U.S. nor Israel has claimed responsibility. The U.S. military is currently investigating the event, emphasizing that civilian targets are never intentional. The Iranian team, initially planning to train in Tucson, Arizona, switched to Mexico due to visa processing delays and denials for some delegation members linked to the Revolutionary Guard. Iran is set to play its group-stage matches in the U.S., starting with a game against New Zealand in Inglewood, California. 
