Five Iranian women football players granted asylum in Australia

Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women soccer players after they sought asylum, ​fearing persecution on their return home for their refusal to sing the national anthem at an Asia Cup match. “Australians have been moved by the plight of these brave women,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a news conference in Canberra  a day after police helped extract the women from their Iranian government handlers.