SEATTLE, June 26 (Reuters) - Iran ⁠captain Mehdi Taremi questioned whether his side were welcome at the World Cup, ⁠strongly criticising the conditions they are playing under in the United States ‌after they drew 1-1 with Egypt on Friday to possibly secure a knockout spot.

Taremi missed an early penalty and crashed a header off the crossbar, before an apparent late winner for Iran, which would have guaranteed progress ​out of the group stage at the seventh attempt, was ⁠ruled out for offside.