{"id":536662,"date":"2026-03-13T00:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536662\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:45:08","slug":"david-squires-on-the-plight-of-iran-womens-football-team-at-the-asian-cup-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536662\/","title":{"rendered":"David Squires on \u2026 the plight of Iran women\u2019s football team at the Asian Cup &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOYldPcGlvVWdMbXpmeGtfbll2QktGTHpQQnY4VkZIclFPVXN1SGczbjFtMk9IckJvWTE3TmV6OTZ2cGs2UGlaWTBhMV9zR09penRORW1fQ2RnYUNUZ3NYRk5fMHhzOFNvTWttb3QydFFTWXlFWXZubWZocXZCN09jR05aNEZvMFlQR1BYWF9FUld6X1Y3RlBYeEQwVTFxa25HN2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Squires on \u2026 the plight of Iran women\u2019s football team at the Asian Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQcjNUSWR3TkNfbF9IV2xRVTVyUTk2SlRrZjNjOE9OVUw1RVNaM0dYcHllRncwemNiWEVhM09uZ211Y2RtSHVGdTRwRV9pQzZzZllOOVpmYjljWkoxS1BmSVlCV2k2bUZPQVpMLVZldU9TcExJd0FKeHBhQmMyMGlnTDRRWWRBYVk0LTdiUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phones seized, families threatened: The bid to save Iran&#8217;s female footballers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxPQXluc1pxSmpSY2VVeldYYlYzRjNDMVVmOUNDU1dZcWw0aG4yTDI5MlVlb1dNbjdUR25lc1lWQ1JrSVhQYURDWkp5MlRVVTdtdGpjV2lrVDF4U2Nyb2VfdEUxTm9BTF9iMzhuSE9mcW9BbVdsUkNYNVY0WkRTdjdMM0V4SUZZYnB6Q3MzbnZ0WEU5Q3A1d1J0em5RbnMzX19JdzlRcGRydjdJRmU0NnNHalNZMVB5VkFmSlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inside the year-long underground mission to free Iran\u2019s athletes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AFR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPamQ4eUswM1ppeVhRamxlYzY5akpuVlM2Ni03eHpjZHgtdEx5eXhBZGxRQXRFaG1sei1fWnFabFJrd1VMTENfRU5HQVliZk5mYk9HYnpNc0xTNmRDQUkzMWR6Y0ZsOFAyaTFtZjE5ZmZtTDBYOXFiNlVTSmZMX1Z4VnhqNkJVRlBOY3NrM2Z6QzFyTllBNkJwNEcxeEJOVTQwMF9VbzNOd2V5eC0tdnpaUXBGVEcyUkxRaWdsQ0Q3NHg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Iranian soccer team is a feel-good story that perfectly suits Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxNYl9yY1RxSHVlRU1Fa1Z1d2pBVEFBaTY4SVFVX01oTTBkWjA1SUtKQzcwWW1UdFFwX1dfWVZlN1lSYm91MmpHczU4SVZWZXo4SzJ3SWNKR21VUTMtWEloTERrMGsxc0RXZGhvbVdIMW1KV05pVUpreHV4TURKbjlPQTdZWmZ6T3dFdlpwVURzeWk5QWZ0Mnc3c2VrVGJSRGpSV2NlRE5rczhpMlo5d29PaElyRUwzblFEbVpRdlRDbkVkRFFBQnJQcXlpbzcxdU41YXZPQVcxTzhOY0p0OEN2Y2dBcDgtYXNzeGxr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iranian players\u2019 families \u2018held hostage\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Squires on \u2026 the plight of Iran women\u2019s football team at the Asian Cup&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianPhones seized, families&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-536662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}