{"id":529496,"date":"2026-03-11T16:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529496\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:46:15","slug":"iranian-soccer-squad-member-changes-mind-on-asylum-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529496\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Soccer Squad Member Changes Mind on Asylum Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: Iranian Soccer Squad Member Changes Mind on Asylum Offer<\/p>\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p>Back<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Soccer Squad Member Changes Mind on Asylum OfferAfter seven members of the Iranian women\u2019s soccer delegation were granted asylum by Australia, one changed her mind and decided to return home. The team had protested Iran\u2019s government during an international competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">\u201cI was advised that one of the two who had made the decision to stay last night had spoken to some of the teammates who had left and had changed her mind. We respect the context in which she has made that decision. Unfortunately, in making that decision, she\u2019d been advised by her teammates and coach to contact the Iranian Embassy and to get collected. My officials made sure that this was her decision and every question you would want asked was asked.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Women wearing red shirts and black head coverings stand on a moving walkway, some looking at phones.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10int-oz-iran-soccer-03-kvfh-threeByTwoMediumAt2X-v2.jpg\" data-testid=\"betamax-poster\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"_poster_13tnt_20\"\/>After seven members of the Iranian women\u2019s soccer delegation were granted asylum by Australia, one changed her mind and decided to return home. The team had protested Iran\u2019s government during an international competition.<\/p>\n<p>By Axel Boada<\/p>\n<p>March 11, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"new video loaded: Iranian Soccer Squad Member Changes Mind on Asylum Offer transcript Back transcript Iranian Soccer Squad&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[2840,49,48,207878,5897,207879,561,82],"class_list":["post-529496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-australia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-civil-unrest","tag-iran","tag-right-of-asylum","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529496","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=529496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}