A large blast rocked Tehran on Friday as President Trump referred to Iranian leaders as "deranged scumbags" and said the war would be over "when I feel it in my bones."

President Trump told FIFA representatives Tuesday that Iran is welcome to play in the World Cup tournament in the United States, officials told CBS News.

US President Donald Trump urged other nations to help secure a vital shipping lane choked off by the war with Iran that showed no signs of slowing on Saturday, as strikes hit the US embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility.

The overnight strikes did not impact the islands oil infrastructure, U.S. and Iranian officials said.

Follow live NBC News coverage and latest updates on the Iran war, as Tehran attacks ships around the Strait of Hormuz, the price of oil spikes and Israel strikes Lebanon.

MIAMI (AP) — FIFA said Tuesday night that it anticipates Iran's national team will be allowed to come to the United States, even with war going on between the countries, and compete in the World Cup that begins in about three months.

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Iran has ruled out the possibility of participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America amid the ongoing USA-Israel-Iran conflicts.

US president Donald Trump on Saturday said that Iran had ambitions to dominate the entire Middle East region and destroy Israel, but claimed that those “plans are now dead”. In a Truth Social Post, Trump said,