Tasnim, a regime-affiliated outlet, cast the episode as a Western pressure campaign, while foreign reports pointed instead to ...

Iran's women's soccer team was branded "traitors" after declining to sing their national anthem at the Asian Cup in Australia ...

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, March 10 (Reuters) - Australian police extracted five Iranian women soccer players from the team's hotel before they were granted asylum, the interior minister said on Tuesday, ...

Trump spoke to Australia's Prime Minister about the Iran women's soccer team after reports that five players had sought asylum in Australia.

Australia's government says another three members of Iran's women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in ...

Two Iranian women soccer players have been seen training with the Brisbane Roar after Australia granted them asylum, and they ...

Last week, the Iranian soccer team refused to sing the national anthem before their Asian Women’s Cup opener on the Gold Coast. It was a silent protest in solidarity with thousands killed in deadly ...

Concern for the safety of the players had grown after Iranian state media criticized them for not singing the national anthem ...

Australia is facing pressure to protect the Iranian women’s soccer team, the Lionesses, as the squad faces criticism at home ...

Only two of the seven members of the Iranian women’s soccer team remain in Australia after a fifth player withdrew her claim for asylum and opted to leave ...

Australia on Tuesday agreed to provide visas to five of Iran's women's soccer team players to stay in the country after they sought asylum fearing persecution ...