{"id":112799,"date":"2026-03-11T04:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/iranian-female-soccer-players-seek-asylum-in-australia-after-asian-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T04:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:57:00","slug":"iranian-female-soccer-players-seek-asylum-in-australia-after-asian-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/iranian-female-soccer-players-seek-asylum-in-australia-after-asian-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian female soccer players seek asylum in Australia after Asian Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranian Footballers Seek Asylum in Australia After Asian Cup<\/h2>\n\nSydney \u2013 A group of seven members of the Iranian women’s national soccer team has requested asylum in Australia, according to Australian Interior Minister Tony Burke. The decision comes after their participation in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.\n\nInitially, five players requested protection, to which a further footballer and a member of the coaching staff were subsequently added. All accepted the offer of humanitarian visas offered by the Australian government.\n\nMinister Burke explained that the last two members were separated from the rest of the delegation with the assistance of the Australian Federal Police and taken to a safe place before reuniting with the other five players who had already requested protection.\n\n\n
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“The seven people who accepted the offer now have humanitarian visas and will soon begin the process of obtaining permanent residency,” the minister said.<\/p>\n\nTony Burke, Australian Minister for Home Affairs<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nMeanwhile, the rest of the team left Australia and traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The final destination of the delegation after that stop has not been reported.\n\n\n

Individual Decision and Without Pressure<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Australian government has emphasized that each member of the delegation was interviewed individually by officials from the Department of Home Affairs, with interpreters and without the presence of coaches or team representatives. The aim was for them to be able to make a decision free from pressure.\n\n\n
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\u201cThe goal was for each person to have the opportunity to decide for themselves with dignity,\u201d Burke pointed out.<\/p>\n\nTony Burke, Australian Minister for Home Affairs<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe minister clarified that no other player or group member chose to request protection.\n\nBurke also addressed a report about a player who apparently initially refused to board the flight. He explained that the soccer player delayed her decision while having conversations with family members abroad before finally boarding the plane.\n\n\n

Context and Controversy<\/h2>\n\n\nThe situation of Iranian female soccer players generated international attention during the tournament, especially after several players did not sing the national anthem in a match, which provoked criticism in Iran.\n\nIn addition, Australian authorities reviewed information about possible links of some delegation members with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Following these evaluations, certain people were not invited to remain in the country.\n\nThe decision of the Iranian players to seek asylum in Australia opens a new chapter amid the political and social tensions surrounding women’s sports in Iran.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iranian Footballers Seek Asylum in Australia After Asian Cup Sydney \u2013 A group of seven members of the Iranian women’s national soccer team has requested asylum in Australia, according to Australian Interior Minister Tony Burke. The decision comes after their participation in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup. Initially, five players requested protection, to which a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[12159,428,4082,4197],"class_list":{"0":"post-112799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-asylum","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-womens-football"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}