Fifth member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A fifth member of the Iranian women's soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country, the Australian government said on Monday. Initially, six players and a support staff member from a squad list of 26 players accepted humanitarian visas to stay in Australia before the rest of the Iranian contingent flew from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur on March 10. The Iranian news agency described the women's return to the team as the "disgraceful failure of the American-Australian project and another failure for Trump."

Author: Rod McGuirk, Associated Press

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