Australia grants asylum to 2 more members of Iranian women’s football team
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Wednesday, 11 March 2026·Source: Al Jazeera·Qatar·state
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What happened: Australia’s home affairs minister says a total of seven members of the Iranian women’s team have been granted asylum.
Cross-source context: AFP / France 24 highlights the Iranian women’s soccer team left Australia without six squad members after frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials, who sought to ensure the... Initially offered to seven, one of the players changed her mind in a last-minute decision after speaking to... ABC Australia highlights home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has confirmed one of the members of the Iranian women's football team delegation granted asylum in Australia has asked to be...
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Al Jazeera(center)
Australia's home affairs minister says a total of seven members of the Iranian women's team have been granted asylum.
The Iranian women’s soccer team left Australia without six squad members after frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials, who sought to ensure the women understood they were being offered asylum. Initially offered to seven, one of the players changed her mind in a last-minute
The Iranian women’s soccer team left Australia without six squad members after frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials, who sought to ensure the... Initially offered to seven, one of the players changed her mind in a last-minute decision after speaking to...
ABC Australia
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has confirmed one of the members of the Iranian women's football team delegation granted asylum in Australia has asked to be...
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Swarm Claim
Most of Iranian women's soccer team left Australia after declining last-minute airport asylum offers.
The Iranian women’s soccer team left Australia without six squad members after frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials, who sought to ensure the... Initially offered to seven, one of the players changed her mind in a last-minute decision after speaking to...
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has confirmed one of the members of the Iranian women's football team delegation granted asylum in Australia has asked to be...
The Iranian women’s soccer team left Australia without six squad members after frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials, who sought to ensure the women understood they were being offered asylum. Initially offered to seven, one of the players changed her mind in a last-minute
The Iranian women’s soccer team left Australia without six squad members after frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials, who sought to ensure the women understood they were being offered asylum. Initially offered to seven, one of the players changed her mind in a last-minute
Australian police helped two more members of the Iranian women's soccer delegation slip their minders to claim asylum, but one has changed her mind and decided to go back to Iran, according to authorities. Concerns about the players' safety upon their return home grew after Iranian state television
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, who was at the airport ahead of the team's departure, says border force officials made multiple representations to the players before they were due to depart Sydney.
