Alireza Jahanbakhsh, a player on the Iranian national football team, wears a '#168' brooch, in reference to victims of the US attack on the school in Minab, during arrival in Tijuana, Mexico, for the World Cup on June 7, 2026. AP Photo/Gregory Bull Players from the Iranian national football team arrived for the World Cup wearing a brooch referring to the victims of a US bombing of a school that occurred during the war between the two countries. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp The object was seen attached to the jackets of the players and other members of the Iranian delegation during their disembarkation at Tijuana airport, in Mexico, where they will be concentrated during the World Cup. The "#168" on the brooch is a tribute to the number of children killed in the bombing of the school in Minab, in the south of Iran. (See the photos at the beginning of the report and below) Iran's national team will play its three group stage games of the competition in North American territory. There will be two matches in Los Angeles, and one in Seattle. According to the Trump administration, the Iranian delegation will be able to enter the US up to 36 hours before each departure. Ehsan Hajisafi (center), player of the Iranian national football team, after disembarking from a plane for the World Cup in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 7, 2026. AP Photo/Gregory Bull This report is being updated.