Australian police helped two more members of the Iranian women's football delegation slip their minders to claim asylum, but one has changed her mind and decided to go back to Iran, the country's interior minister said on Wednesday (March 11, 2026). Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced in parliament the squad member's decision to return home, after five players from the team were granted asylum a day earlier.
A player and a support staff member accepted the government's open
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