{"id":1338,"date":"2026-06-16T05:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:24:25","slug":"iran-joined-new-zealand-in-the-first-leg-of-the-world-cup-in-the-shadow-of-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=1338","title":{"rendered":"Iran joined New Zealand in the first leg of the World Cup in the shadow of politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/09b446d4-6925-11f1-9c1f-005056bfb2b6\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/2026-06-16T014356Z-1185888406-UP1EM6G04T69V-RTRMADP-3-SOCCER-WORLDCUP-IRN-NZL.jpg\" \/><br \/>Iran twice came from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw against New Zealand in a World Cup opener marred by geopolitical tensions, protests and months of conflict with the United States. As a result, Melli&#8217;s team is still looking for a breakthrough on football&#8217;s biggest stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran twice came from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw against New Zealand in a World Cup opener marred by geopolitical tensions, protests and months of conflict with the United States. As a result, Melli&#8217;s team is still looking for a breakthrough on football&#8217;s biggest stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}