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Iran says captain of women’s football team withdraws Australia asylum bid
Zahra Ghanbari is fifth football player to withdraw her request after seven squad members sought asylum in Australia.
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How Iran’s women footballers took asylum in Australia and what happens next
Al Jazeera breaks down the events surrounding the Iranian team – from the national anthem row to the players’ escape.
One Iranian football team member changes mind after Australia grants asylum
The player was advised by teammates and encouraged to contact the Iranian embassy, Australian minister says.
Israel denies women in Gaza ‘conditions to live’: Amnesty
The global rights group says erosion of health, safety in Gaza ‘a deliberate act of war targeting women and girls’.
‘Come home’: Iran to welcome women’s football team ‘with open arms’
Iran’s Foreign Ministry and general prosecutor say the team is invited to return home ‘with peace and confidence’.
Australia grants asylum to five Iranian women footballers
Australian PM says the Iranian team members ‘asked for assistance and had received it and were safely located’.
Fear, uncertainty surround Iran women’s football team’s return home
Players body and activists say the team must be protected while head coach insists the players are eager to return.
Marches for International Women’s Day denounce war, abuse and oppression
Marches on 115th anniversary of IWD place focus on issues like US-Israeli war on Iran and Trump’s links with Epstein.
In Modi’s India, scandal still embarrasses but rape has become ordinary
The government’s performed outrage over Gates’s Epstein links underlined its indifference to violence against women.
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‘I didn’t set out to break records’: Pakistan’s first female MMA fighter
Anita Karim retraces her journey into combat sports ahead of the country’s first ever professional women’s MMA fight.
