{"id":70309,"date":"2026-03-15T00:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/3-more-members-of-iran-womens-soccer-team-change-course-decline-to-accept-asylum-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:07:16","slug":"3-more-members-of-iran-womens-soccer-team-change-course-decline-to-accept-asylum-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/3-more-members-of-iran-womens-soccer-team-change-course-decline-to-accept-asylum-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"3 more members of Iran women&#8217;s soccer team change course, decline to accept asylum in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Another three members of the Iran&#8217;s women&#8217;s soccer team <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iranian-soccer-players-asylum-australia-6-stay-rest-head-home\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">who accepted refugee visas<\/a><\/span> to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday local time.<\/p>\n<p>The departure leaves three of an initial seven squad members in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overnight, three members of the Iranian Women&#8217;s Football Team made the decision to join the rest of the team on their journey back to Iran,&#8221; Australia&#8217;s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After telling Australian officials they had made this decision, the players were given repeated chances to talk about their options,&#8221; Burke added.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s team arrived in Australia <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-war-womens-soccer-team-australia-dubbed-traitors-asian-cup-national-anthem\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">for the Women&#8217;s Asian Cup<\/a><\/span> last month, before the war in the Middle East began on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>One later changed her mind and left Australia. The other 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<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/14\/45eda6dc-a110-47aa-a0a4-a1d4e493b9b6\/thumbnail\/620x414\/741fb763861faab341580ce962cc9360\/gettyimages-2265322307.jpg#\" alt=\"Iranian women's soccer team \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/14\/45eda6dc-a110-47aa-a0a4-a1d4e493b9b6\/thumbnail\/620x414\/741fb763861faab341580ce962cc9360\/gettyimages-2265322307.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/14\/45eda6dc-a110-47aa-a0a4-a1d4e493b9b6\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/4099ba714283db43e17c83ca63161955\/gettyimages-2265322307.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Members of Iran&#8217;s women&#8217;s soccer team as they arrive at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, after taking part in the Asian Cup tournament in Australia, on March 11, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mohd RASFAN \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Tasnim News Agency said the latest three to leave Australia were two players and the support staff member. The three were &#8220;returning to the warm embrace of their family and homeland,&#8221; the news outlet said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>The Australian government was urged to help the woman by Iranian groups in Australia and by President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian news agency described the women&#8217;s return to the team as the &#8220;disgraceful failure of the American-Australian project and another failure for Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Iranian men&#8217;s national soccer team&#8217;s participation in the World Cup this summer in the U.S. is in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials told CBS News on Tuesday that Mr. Trump had <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-iran-fifa-world-cup-us\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">informed FIFA representatives<\/a><\/span>, including FIFA President 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