伊朗國家足球隊在美國洛杉磯結束世界杯首戰后被美方勒令“立即離開美國、返回墨西哥駐地”（）。伊朗隊就此指責美方出爾反爾，而白宮分管本屆世界杯事務的官員16日辯稱，原定計劃就是這樣。

白宮國際足聯工作組執行總監安德魯·朱利亞尼告訴美聯社：“我們事先已表明，流程就是這么定的。”

6月15日，伊朗隊球員在賽前合影。圖源：新華社

The US responded to complaints from Iran's national team that it was forced to leave the country immediately after its first World Cup match instead of having a day to recover in a hotel, saying that was the plan for the team all along.

"We were clear this was the process," Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House FIFA Task Force, told the Associated Press on Tuesday.

在美國哥倫比亞廣播公司新聞部15日晚播出的采訪中，朱利亞尼說，伊朗隊“將被允許在比賽日的前一天入境”“比賽結束后當天即比賽日當晚，他們將被要求離境。在洛杉磯和西雅圖，他們都將遵循同樣的安排”。伊朗隊剩余兩場小組賽分別是21日在洛杉磯對陣比利時隊，26日在西雅圖對陣埃及隊。

在采訪中，朱利亞尼證實美方拒絕伊朗隊部分后勤人員和官員入境申請，但不肯作出具體說明，只說美國務卿魯比奧先前已表明，“任何與伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊有直接關聯的人員都不能進入美國”。

"The team will be allowed to come in, match day minus one, so the day before the match. They'll be asked to leave the day that the match wraps up, so the evening of the match. And they’ll be able to do that again in Los Angeles. They'll be able to do it again in Seattle," Giuliani said. The team's next match is Sunday, in LA.

When asked about why some support staff and team officials had been denied entry, Giuliani wouldn't go into details but referred to previous comments made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about denying entry to people with direct ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

伊朗隊15日晚在洛杉磯踢完美加墨世界杯G組首輪比賽后，球隊行程突遭變更。主教練加萊諾埃在賽后新聞發布會上抱怨說，他們在比賽后突然接到通知，要求球隊立即返回墨西哥蒂華納的駐地，而此前他們得到的通知是可在美國境內待到16日中午。加萊諾埃說，球隊原本打算在加州過夜，以便球員能最大限度恢復體能。

Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei said after Monday's night's 2-2 draw with New Zealand that the team had been ordered to leave the US and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours later. Ghalenoei said the team had expected to spend the night in California to maximize the normal recovery process after its opening game.

6月15日，伊朗隊球員沙赫里亞爾·莫漢盧在比賽中拼搶。圖源：新華社

加萊諾埃說：“他們推遲了我們的抵達時間，現在又強迫我們提前返回，根本不給我們恢復的時間。他們讓我們的處境變得越來越困難，不斷給我們制造障礙。”他說，伊朗隊是本屆世界杯“最受壓迫的球隊”。

伊朗隊邊鋒邁赫迪·托拉比的簽證“險情”為這一說法增添佐證。賽前，美方只給了他單次入境美國的簽證，伊朗隊其他球員則持有多次入境簽證。托拉比在以替補身份參加完首場比賽后，入美簽證即告失效，伊朗隊只能緊急為其申請新簽證。該隊官員16日下午證實，托拉比在前往蒂華納的美國領事館辦理手續后，已獲得新簽證。

Iran winger Mehdi Torabi's entry visa had also expired after the first game. Team officials confirmed Tuesday afternoon that they had secured Torabi a new, multiple-entry visa after he visited the US Consulate in Tijuana.

伊朗足協16日晚發表聲明說，已要求國際足聯跟進伊朗隊部分人員未獲美簽一事，并表示“伊朗代表團理應配備完整的運營團隊，包括球隊經理、媒體官員和行政經理各一名”“缺員給球隊的日常運作帶來明顯挑戰，也不符合標準賽事程序”。

來源：新華社微信公眾號 美聯社

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