{"id":54339,"date":"2026-01-01T10:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=54339"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:59:01","slug":"ffiri-iran-to-face-spain-in-pre-wc-friendly-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2026\/01\/01\/ffiri-iran-to-face-spain-in-pre-wc-friendly-report\/","title":{"rendered":"FFIRI: Iran to face Spain in pre-WC friendly [Report]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>The Iran Football Federation&#8217;s spokesman, Amirmehdi Alavi, recently confirmed a friendly match between Iran and Spain on June 2 at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This match is an important part of Team Melli&#8217;s preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, where they\u2019ve been placed in a challenging Group G alongside Belgium, Egypt, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s national team will look to test their skills against one of Europe\u2019s football powerhouses, Spain, in an effort to fine-tune their tactics and team chemistry before the global tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The friendly match promises to be a thrilling encounter, offering valuable experience for both sides as they gear up for the intense competition ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, The Iran Football Federation&#8217;s spokesman, Amirmehdi Alavi, recently confirmed a friendly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":54340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,92,86,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c21-international-football-news","category-c13-team-melli-news","category-world-cup"],"views":1314,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54341,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54339\/revisions\/54341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}