Mehdi Taremi to miss Club World Cup after Israeli strikes close Iran’s airports

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Iranian forward remains in Tehran due to closed airspace

Inter to start Club World Cup campaign on Wednesday

The Inter forward Mehdi Taremi will not be able to join his teammates at the Club World Cup in the United States as he is stuck in Tehran because of the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel.

Flights from all Iranian airports have been grounded after an exchange of military strikes between Iran and Israel over the past two days. That meant the Iran international was unable to take his scheduled flight on Saturday to join his teammates in Los Angeles.

Taremi will miss Inter’s opening match against Monterrey on Wednesday and Italian media said the 32-year-old will not feature in the other matches regardless of whether Iranian airspace reopens.

Taremi joined Inter from Porto last year. He made seven starts in Serie A this past season and came off the bench 19 times, scoring once for the runners-up. He made 12 appearances in their Champions League run, but was an unused substitute in the 5-0 defeat by Paris Saint-Germain in the final.

He scored for Iran in their 3-0 World Cup qualifying win against North Korea on Tuesday.