Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament when the Iran war began, a government minister said Tuesday. The announcement ...

Seven women from the Iranian national soccer team remain in Australia, an Australian government official said Wednesday, as the rest of their team journeys back to a country at the center of a ...

Iran has accused Australia of taking athletes “hostage” as it emerged that one of the women who claimed asylum has changed her mind and will return to the Middle East. Esmail Baghaei Hamaneh, an ...

GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Iran’s soccer team lost its last group match at the Women’s Asian Cup on Sunday and had to contemplate returning home to a country embroiled in war. The Iranian women’s ...

new video loaded: Australia Gives Asylum to Iranian Soccer Players transcript Australians have been moved by the plight of these brave women. Once it was made clear that these women wanted assistance, ...

new video loaded: Australia Offers Five Humanitarian Visas to Iran’s Woman’s Soccer Team transcript Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia told reporters on Monday that five humanitarian visas ...

Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament when the Iran war began, a government said Tuesday. Subscribe to read this ...

GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — A total of six members of the Iranian women’s soccer team will remain in Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Wednesday, after one of the squad members earlier ...