Iran's World Cup players have been granted visas to enter the United States, a White House official told Reuters on Friday.
Earlier, the head of Iran's Football Federation said they had handed their passports to the US embassy in Türkiye for visas.
Mehdi Taj said Iran were following instructions from the world football's governing body.
Their quest for the visas comes as Iran and the United States remain locked in negotiations to end the Middle East war that began in February with a massive wave of strikes on the Islamic Republic.
"Yesterday, I had discussions with FIFA regarding the US visas," Taj said. "We were told to submit all passports to the US embassy in Ankara."
The country's soccer team are due to play their first Group G match on June 15 against New Zealand in Los Angeles, where they will also face Belgium before taking on Egypt in Seattle.
The Iranian team is due to fly from Türkiye to Spain on Saturday before travelling on to their base camp in Mexico, which has issued visas to the squad.
The Iranians relocated their World Cup base, which initially was planned to be in Tucson, Arizona, to the northwestern Mexican border city of Tijuana.
All three of their group matches are in the United States.
They open with two games in Los Angeles, against New Zealand on 15 June and Belgium on 21 June, and play Egypt on 27 June in Seattle.
