伊朗国家足球队在美国洛杉矶结束世界杯首战后被美方勒令“立即离开美国、返回墨西哥驻地”（）。伊朗队就此指责美方出尔反尔，而白宫分管本届世界杯事务的官员16日辩称，原定计划就是这样。
白宫国际足联工作组执行总监安德鲁·朱利亚尼告诉美联社：“我们事先已表明，流程就是这么定的。”
6月15日，伊朗队球员在赛前合影。图源：新华社
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.
在美国哥伦比亚广播公司新闻部15日晚播出的采访中，朱利亚尼说，伊朗队“将被允许在比赛日的前一天入境”“比赛结束后当天即比赛日当晚，他们将被要求离境。在洛杉矶和西雅图，他们都将遵循同样的安排”。伊朗队剩余两场小组赛分别是21日在洛杉矶对阵比利时队，26日在西雅图对阵埃及队。
在采访中，朱利亚尼证实美方拒绝伊朗队部分后勤人员和官员入境申请，但不肯作出具体说明，只说美国务卿鲁比奥先前已表明，“任何与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队有直接关联的人员都不能进入美国”。
"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.
伊朗队15日晚在洛杉矶踢完美加墨世界杯G组首轮比赛后，球队行程突遭变更。主教练加莱诺埃在赛后新闻发布会上抱怨说，他们在比赛后突然接到通知，要求球队立即返回墨西哥蒂华纳的驻地，而此前他们得到的通知是可在美国境内待到16日中午。加莱诺埃说，球队原本打算在加州过夜，以便球员能最大限度恢复体能。
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，伊朗队球员沙赫里亚尔·莫汉卢在比赛中拼抢。图源：新华社
加莱诺埃说：“他们推迟了我们的抵达时间，现在又强迫我们提前返回，根本不给我们恢复的时间。他们让我们的处境变得越来越困难，不断给我们制造障碍。”他说，伊朗队是本届世界杯“最受压迫的球队”。
伊朗队边锋迈赫迪·托拉比的签证“险情”为这一说法增添佐证。赛前，美方只给了他单次入境美国的签证，伊朗队其他球员则持有多次入境签证。托拉比在以替补身份参加完首场比赛后，入美签证即告失效，伊朗队只能紧急为其申请新签证。该队官员16日下午证实，托拉比在前往蒂华纳的美国领事馆办理手续后，已获得新签证。
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.
伊朗足协16日晚发表声明说，已要求国际足联跟进伊朗队部分人员未获美签一事，并表示“伊朗代表团理应配备完整的运营团队，包括球队经理、媒体官员和行政经理各一名”“缺员给球队的日常运作带来明显挑战，也不符合标准赛事程序”。
来源：新华社微信公众号 美联社
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