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Australia offers Iranian footballers asylum after daring escape

Otago Daily Times Online News [Unofficial] March 9, 2026
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Iranian players saluting for the national anthem after being reprimanded for not singing in an earlier match. Photo: Getty Images Five members of the Iranian women's soccer team are being protected by police after staging a dramatic escape from their handlers at a Brisbane hotel.

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