Pressure builds for Australia to offer Iran women’s football team asylum

Australia must protect the visiting Iranian women’s football team, the son of the nation’s late shah urged Monday, warning their refusal to sing the national anthem before a match could have “dire consequences”. Iranian players refused to sing ahead of an Asian Cup tournament match in Australia last week — a gesture widely seen as […] The post Pressure builds for Australia to offer Iran women’s football team asylum appeared first on Digital Journal.