Chicago: Iraq’s World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven hours at Chicago’s O’Hare airport after arriving with the squad on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said, APA reports. Hussein was eventually permitted entry into the United States.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, the official, who is affiliated with the Iraqi Olympic Committee and has close contacts with the team, stated that while Hussein was allowed entry, the team’s photographer was denied access to the United States. Further details regarding the photographer’s denial of entry have not been disclosed by the official.