Matthew Rimmer5d ago
'Grave concerns’ for Iran’s return home after Women’s Asian Cup elimination https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/08/iran-women-asian-cup-the-phillipines-elimination-human-rights
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‘Grave concerns’ for Iran women’s team return home after Asian Cup elimination

The Iranian women’s team faces the uncertain prospect of returning home after suffering a 2-0 defeat against the Philippines to end their Women’s Asian Cup campaign

The Guardian
Show threadMatthew Rimmer5d ago
Time is running out for the Iranian women’s football team as fears for their safety grow
Jack Snape https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/09/iran-womens-football-team-safety-fears-australia
Time is running out for the Iranian women’s football team as fears for their safety grow

There are urgent calls for Australia to take action before the team return to Iran but with no word from the players themselves the situation is fraught and uncertain

The Guardian
Show threadMatthew Rimmer
‘It’s amazing’: Iranian women soccer players break free, seek asylum in Australia https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/sos-hand-signal-as-bus-drives-iranian-women-s-soccer-team-from-final-match-20260309-p5o8mq.html
‘It’s amazing’: Iranian women soccer players break free, seek asylum in Australia

At least five Iranian female soccer players have made a daring escape from their team’s handlers to avoid being sent back to likely persecution.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Mar 9 at 12:16pmWeb
Show threadRaymondPierreL34d ago
@drrimmer
If #Labor ‘s rhetoric about the evilness of the #Iranian regime is more than just bluster in support of #MadKingDonald ‘s aggression in the #MiddleEast, then #Australia has no other recourse than to grant them asylum. I’ll be watching you #AlboPM 👀