Opinion | The Guardian USMar 17
Iranian women’s footballers shouldn’t have to choose between their sport and their safety | Nos Hosseini https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/iranian-womens-football-team-choose-between-sport-safety #IranWomensFootballTeam #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #Iran #Football #AustraliaNews #Sport #HumanRights
Iranian women’s footballers shouldn’t have to choose between their sport and their safety

Locked in a cruel lose-lose scenario, the players must contend with a regime designed to make resistance almost impossible

The Guardian
Opinion | The Guardian USMar 14
Australia should be generous, not punitive, when it comes to those seeking to escape war | Julianne Schultz | https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/mar/15/australia-immigration-asylum-seekers-iran-war-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #Iran #AustraliaNews #TonyBurke #IranWomensFootballTeam
Australia should be generous, not punitive, when it comes to those seeking to escape war

The Australian immigration system has long punished people who felt they had no option but to flee their homeland

The Guardian