March 3 marks 100 days until the 2026 World Cup kicks off. A series of playoffs this month will determine the last six teams to make up the newly expanded 48-team tournament. But with the US and Israeli attacks on Iran and Iran's retaliatory strikes in the Middle East, one of those playoff contenders — likely Iran's neighbors Iraq — may replace Iran, who qualified a year ago. "It's not possible to say exactly, but there will certainly ​be a response," Iran Football Federation President, Mehdi