Laura Williamson

Yes.

Yes.

We actually sent a reporter to Turkey to see them off, if you like.

They had a pre-tournament training camp there.

They flew to Mexico just over the border from the U.S.

They landed there in the early hours of Sunday morning.

And then they're still waiting on visas to get into the US to play their games.

There have been reports that they will sensibly only be allowed day passes.

So they have to go into the US and then leave again.

So it's very, very fraught.

And also we're hearing, I mean, we would hear this because there's a travel ban, but

A lot of dissident fans who are anti-the regime and have lived outside of Iran for a long time have been denied their visas to get into the United States.

So it will be very much reliant on the Iranian diasporas, particularly in Los Angeles, to support their team however they see fit.

No.

No, they're still in Mexico and they're still awaiting visa clearance to travel into the United States to play their games.

Yes, that's right.

This goes back to a women's tournament, actually, which was in Australia a few months ago.

And we did a lot of reporting around the fact that security personnel attached to the regime had travelled with the team to make sure they didn't abscond.

And in fact, Australia ended up offering refuge, but the vast majority returned to Iran with the team.

So that's the explanation for certain members of the backroom staff being denied entry because it's unclear whether they are there for performance reasons or whether they are representative of the regime.