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GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) \u2014 A total of six members of the Iranian women\u2019s soccer team<\/a> will remain in Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Wednesday, after one of the squad members earlier granted asylum changed her mind and planned to return to Iran.<\/p>\n

The names of the seven team members who were issued humanitarian visas<\/a> to stay in Australia have been widely published \u2014 including by Burke \u2014 and it was not immediately clear which of the women had reversed her decision.<\/p>\n

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