{"id":527159,"date":"2026-03-10T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527159\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:36:08","slug":"protesters-fearing-for-the-safety-of-the-iranian-womens-soccer-team-returning-home-from-australia-after-they-stood-silently-while-the-iranian-national-anthem-played-during-an-asian-cup-match-tempor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527159\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters, fearing for the safety of the Iranian women&#8217;s soccer team returning home from Australia after they stood silently while the Iranian national anthem played during an Asian Cup match, temporarily blocked a bus believed to be carrying the team on March 10. The night before, Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women\u2019s soccer team, after a days-long operation involving federal police and other government agencies. \u201cWe\u2019re willing to provide assistance to other women in the team, noting that this is a very delicate situation and it is up to them,&#8221; said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. &#8220;But we say to them, if you want our help, help is here and we will provide that.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters, fearing for the safety of the Iranian women&#8217;s soccer team returning home from Australia after they stood silently while the Iranian national anthem played during an Asian Cup match, temporarily blocked a bus believed to be carrying the team on March 10.<\/p>\n<p>The night before, Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women\u2019s soccer team, after a days-long operation involving federal police and other government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re willing to provide assistance to other women in the team, noting that this is a very delicate situation and it is up to them,&#8221; said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. &#8220;But we say to them, if you want our help, help is here and we will provide that.\u201d | Washington Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protesters, fearing for the safety of the Iranian women&#8217;s soccer team returning home from Australia after they stood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-527159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}