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Belgium and Iran meet in Texas with more than three points on the line

Belgium meet Iran in Houston on Monday with three group points on the line and a tournament already shadowed by more than 300 seized drones and a familiar second-game trap.

Ruari Blackwood · Monexus Sports desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·21 Jun 2026

France-Canada, 14 November 2019: A French national team player wearing the number 10 jersey and captain's armband jogs on the pitch during a match. @CBS SPORTS HEADLINES · Telegram

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Desk note: Monexus treated Belgium-Iran as a Group H fixture inside the wider U.S.-hosted tournament frame, leaning on wire reporting for security and group context rather than on federation releases, and reading the match against the well-documented "second game" pattern rather than as a standalone event.