{"id":3017,"date":"2026-03-19T20:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:06:17","slug":"another-3-members-of-irans-womens-soccer-team-decide-against-staying-in-australia-as-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3017","title":{"rendered":"Another 3 members of Iran&#8217;s women&#8217;s soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another three members of the Iran&#8217;s women\u2019s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The departure leaves three of an initial seven squad members in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema - Baby (Is it a Crime) [Official Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsZhYgo9MoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOvernight, three members of the Iranian Women\u2019s Football Team made the decision to join the rest of the team on their journey back to Iran,\u201d Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter telling Australian officials they had made this decision, the players were given repeated chances to talk about their options,\u201d Burke added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran&#8217;s team arrived in Australia for the Women\u2019s Asian Cup last month, before the war in the Middle East began on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially, six players and a support staff member from a squad list of 26 players accepted humanitarian visas to stay in Australia before the rest of the Iranian contingent flew from Sydney to Malaysia on March 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another later changed her mind and left Australia. Three left Sydney for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday night, a government official said. The rest of the team has remained in Kuala Lumpur since they left Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerns about the team&#8217;s safety in Iran heightened when the players didn&#8217;t sing the Iranian national anthem before their first match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian government was urged to help the woman by Iranian groups in Australia and by U.S. President Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/sports\/another-3-members-of-iran's-women's-soccer-team-decide-against-staying-in-australia-as-refugees\">(JapanToday)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another three members of the Iran&#8217;s women\u2019s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday. 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