Soccer Football - International Friendly - Turkey vs Iran - Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey - May 28, 2018 Iran coach Carlos Queiroz REUTERS/Murad Sezer
(Reuters) - Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has called on Nike to apologise to his team after the U.S. sportswear firm said it could not supply the players with football boots for the World Cup due to sanctions.
"US sanctions mean that, as a US company, Nike cannot supply shoes to players in the Iranian National team at this time," Nike had said in a statement.
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