News Summary

• Tucson is to be the base camp for Team Melli when the world’s biggest sporting spectacle opens in the US, Mexico and Canada next month.
• Grass is being watered and cut to FIFA-regulation height to ensure that players don’t get any surprises when they take to the field in Los Angeles and Seattle.
• Hotel rooms and meeting spaces are locked in, and security is tight.
• The flurry of activity in Tucson comes against the backdrop of the war, which began on February 28 when the US and Israel attacked Iran.