{"id":36767,"date":"2026-01-01T17:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/iran-to-play-spain-in-madrid-on-june-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:08:10","slug":"iran-to-play-spain-in-madrid-on-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/iran-to-play-spain-in-madrid-on-june-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran to play Spain in Madrid on June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5852156.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p class=\"summary\">TEHRAN &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">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 style=\"text-align:justify\">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 style=\"text-align:justify\">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<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/522361\/Iran-to-play-Spain-in-Madrid-on-June-2\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN &#8211; 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. 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, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-36767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}