What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:
• Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.
• Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.
• The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.
• Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.
• The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.
• Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.
• The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.
• Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.
• Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.
⚡️🇺🇸JUST IN: U.S. aircraft losses/incidents inflicted by Iran in under 24 hours:
F-15E downed in SW Iran (pilot rescued, WSO missing)
A-10C crashed in the Persian Gulf (pilot rescued)
HH-60G hit during CSAR, crash-landed in Iraq (crew rescued)
F-16CJ damaged, emergency landing
Multiple KC-135R and F-16 emergency squawks (7700) near Tel Aviv and Saudi-Iraq border.
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⚡️U.S. Air Force losses in the Iran war (confirmed/claimed):
1× F-35 – damaged by Iranian air defense.
3× F-15E Strike Eagle – shot down by Kuwaiti forces (friendly fire).
1× KC-135 – destroyed in a mid-air collision.
1× KC-135 – damaged in a mid-air collision.
5× KC-135 – damaged in Iranian strikes on an airbase.
12× MQ-9 Reaper drones – shot down by Iranian air defense.
1× UH-60 helicopter – damaged by an FPV drone at an airbase.
Source: @EGYOSINT
Donald Trump, a few minutes after the report on the F-35 being hit: "Iranian anti-aircraft systems have been destroyed. We fly wherever we want. Nobody is even trying to shoot at us."
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Day 7 latest updates on Iran:
-IRGC Spokesman: Iran strongly welcomes the escort of oil tankers and the claim of a US military presence to transit the Strait of Hormuz; in fact, we are waiting for their presence.
-Iran rejects cease‑fire negotiations and says it is ready for any potential U.S. invasion.
-Strait of Hormuz is shut down: oil prices are surging
The U.S. economy is in free fall.
-Trump tariffs rejected by the Supreme Court
-92,000 jobs LOST in February: worst since the pandemic
-Markets crashing: more than $2 trillion gone this week
-Trump eased sanctions on Russian oil
-Then found out Russia is helping fund Iran
-Trump looking at over $100 billion in damage
-8 US bases completely destroyed in Mid East
-Easily over 1000 troops, agents dead, more injured
Iranian military capabilities report:
-Complete collapse of U.S. surveillance and defense systems across West Asia.
-Survival chances are over, and shelters will protect no one; IRGC missiles will strike without warning. What existential disaster awaits U.S. terrorist bases and their Zionist ally?
-The targeting of the most advanced early warning radars in U.S. bases (Al-Udeid, Ali Salem, Al-Dhafra) by Iran’s Aerospace Force has collapsed the region’s air defense network by over 75%.
-The destruction of the giant AN/FPS-132 radar today, the neutralization of THAAD systems, along with previous strikes, has reduced warning times from 15 minutes to just one minute.
-Missiles and drones now operate freely over Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Jordan, hitting U.S. targets without hindrance.
-With the deployment of Heidar-110 suicide drones and Khoramshahr-4, Fattah, and upgraded Khaybar missiles, the complete collapse of remaining enemy surveillance and defense systems and U.S. bases is accelerating.
-KBR ( Kellogg Brown & Root), the largest U.S. military contractors that enables U.S. death squads is on fire!
The world is beginning to realize the scale of the catastrophe for enemy systems
-Sirens now sound only when warheads reach their targets.
-The Iranian Armed Forces, led by the IRGC, are now preparing for a wider and more devastating battle
-Iranian media reports the arrest of five US and Israeli agents who were said to be conducting intelligence gathering operations in Tehran targeting religious institutions.