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Iran women soccer asylum drama deepens

5th member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia

A fifth member of the Iranian women’s soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country, the Australian government said on Monday.

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Some Iranian soccer players granted asylum by Australia chose to return home, local official says

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Five members of Iran's women's soccer team apply for asylum during Asian Cup in Australia

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More Iranian football team members to return home

More of the Iranian football team members who chose to stay in Australia on humanitarian visas have changed their minds.

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'Failed to understand': Iranian women's football coach speaks out, in now deleted post, after players seek asylum in Australia

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Iranian soccer captain the fifth to drop asylum bid

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Captain of Iranian women’s football team leaves Australia after asylum bid as team’s ‘family members are missing’

“Several of the players decided to go back because the threats against their families became unbearable and the intimidation was relentless,” she wrote on X.

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Iran women's football captain withdraws Australia asylum bid: state media

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Three Iranian football team members leave asylum in Australia

'Iran's women are heroes - they want to be free'

The Iran women's national football team have become "heroes" and deserve to be free to live their lives, says former Iran men's head coach Afshin Ghotbi.

The Iran women footballers faced with an impossible choice: Defect or return to a war zone

Players from the Iranian women's team defied suspected undercover security officers to escape their hotel and claim asylum in Australia

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Iran captain Zahra Ghanbari leaves Australia after asylum bid as Iranian women’s football team fears family members missing

Iran women’s football captain Zahra Ghanbari has decided to leave Australia and return to Iran after briefly seeking asylum. Several teammates made the same choice after reports that their families in Iran faced heavy pressure.

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Iranian women’s soccer team forced to sing national anthem ahead of Asian Cup match, sources tell CNN

The Iran women’s national soccer team was forced to salute and sing its anthem on Thursday ahead of its Women’s Asian Cup group stage match against host Australia, sources close to the team tell CNN Sports,

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Piers Morgan rips Megan Rapinoe as 'hypocritical' over silence on Iranian women's soccer team

Piers Morgan criticized Megan Rapinoe for her apparent silence on the Iranian women's soccer team situation, calling it hypocritical given her previous stance on women's sports.