# A complicated World Cup for Iran’s diaspora Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/a-complicated-world-cup-for-iran-s-diaspora Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/a-complicated-world-cup-for-iran-s-diaspora.md Podcast: [FT News Briefing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509) Published: 2026-06-19T03:23:23+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/a-complicated-world-cup-for-irans-diaspora3 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6a34b62b4a2a3be0f4f9b5bb/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/a-complicated-world-cup-for-iran-s-diaspora Duration seconds: 749 ## Resource Labour’s Andy Burnham has won the crucial Makerfield by-election in the UK , a resurgence in the dollar is reversing bets on the currencies of big emerging markets and major commodity producers, insurers are trying to define “war” as a type of risk, and the Bank of England held interest rates at 3.75 per cent yesterday. Plus, the FT’s Saffeya Ahmed explains how this World Cup is a complicated one for Iran’s diaspora as its national team competes on American soil.   Mentioned in this podcast: Makerfield by-election result: Andy Burnham wins crucial poll ‘Hawkish shift’ in US rates upends global currency bets Insurers seek to define ‘war’ as risk rises of global power clashes Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75% Iranian football team told to return to Mexico after opening World Cup game For Iran’s diaspora, a tough World Cup call: To support the national team or protest – or both? Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  The FT News Briefing is produced by Victoria Craig, Sonja Hutson, Saffeya Ahmed, Katya Kumkova, and Fiona Symon. Our editor is Marc Filippino. Our show is mixed by Kelly Garry and Alex Higgins. Additional help from Michela Tindera, Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and David da Silva. Our intern is Cole van Miltenburg. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Flo Phillips is the FT’s global head of audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/a-complicated-world-cup-for-iran-s-diaspora/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/a-complicated-world-cup-for-iran-s-diaspora.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.