The United States and Iran will measure each other’s will to implement their agreement and determine whether conditions for something durable exist.

Group C and Group D will be featured on Friday as the second set of group-stage games continue at the FIFA World Cup. Let’s take a closer look at Friday’s action and what’s at stake.

The United States and Australia meet Friday in the second Group Stage match for each side. Kickoff from Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, is set for 3 p.m. ET.

A senior U.S. official on Wednesday provided NBC News with the text of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.

Omar Artan, who was named Africa's best male referee in 2025, was denied entry into the United States to work the World Cup earlier this month.

In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States launched a nuclear weapon high above the Earth and detonated it in space. What followed stunned scientists, damaged satellites, disrupted communications,

The United States reached the Round of 16 in each of their past three appearances in the World Cup. If the club's performance in its first match of the 2026 tournament is any indication, the streak should continue.

The United States and Iran will claim victory, but both have lost in important ways. The framework deal kicks negotiations on harder issues down the road and leaves key questions unanswered.

Former President Barack Obama delivered a message of America's role in the world during remarks at the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Obama said leaders who view government as a tool to reward allies and punish enemies are "not the story of America that prevails in the end.