The permission to hold the Asian Nations Cup fell into the hands of Iran

The Guardian magazine tied the solution to the safe holding of the 2027 Asian Nations Cup in Saudi Arabia to the end of the Iran-US war.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, "The war between Iran and the United States is decisive in Saudi Arabia's safe hosting of the Asian Nations Cup." This report was published today (Saturday) by the Guardian magazine, which considered the fate of holding the Asian Nations Cup to be dependent on Iran's decision.

In the past two weeks, the Yemeni army has carried out more than 20 retaliatory missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, so that this country is recognized as the most insecure country in the Persian Gulf.

Earlier, the international golf, cycling and electronic games tournaments that were to be hosted by Saudi Arabia were canceled due to insecurity in the past week.

Also, last week's most sensitive match of the Saudi Premier League between Al-Nasr and Al-Ahly, which is known as the classic of this country, with the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, was postponed due to security reasons.

The Guardian writes that the Yemeni army's attacks on Saudi Arabia are destroying this country's sports dream one after another.

According to the report of the Mirror magazine, the insecurity in Saudi Arabia has developed to the point that so far 4 major sports tournaments in the world that were supposed to be held in this country have been canceled, and the task of holding the 2027 Asian Nations Cup is also unknown.

Canceling the hosting of major football matches due to insecurity has a historical record, and for example, UEFA moved the 2022 European Champions League final and the 2023 European Super Cup final from Russia to France and Greece, respectively, due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Saud Al-Rauf, an expert of Al-Riyazia Magazine, believes that the security situation in Saudi Arabia is temporary and that this war will end soon, and there is no problem in holding sports competitions hosted by this country.

But Rob Rapper, an expert from the Guardian, says that until the outcome of the Iran-US war in the region is not determined, there is no guarantee for the safe holding of the 2027 Asian Nations Cup and even the Saudi Premier League games.

Guardian magazine considers the end of the US-Iran war and the containment of the Yemeni army by the Iranians as the only way to hold the 2027 Asian Nations Cup in safe conditions, which none of them are currently guaranteed.