Irtan pledges to participate in the 2030 World Cup.

Somali referee Omar Artan returned after being banned from entering the United States to officiate matches in the World Cup finals, to a warm welcome in Mogadishu and pledged to participate in the upcoming tournament in 2030.

Artan told more than a hundred fans and journalists at Mogadishu's main airport, "I will be present at the next World Cup, and I will continue to raise the name of Somalia high... despite what happened to me, I am not discouraged."