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Trump confirms Australia will grant asylum to five Iranian women football players

Amid concerns for player welfare, the Australian Iranian Council wrote to Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke urging the government to protect the squad members while they're in Australia.

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00:01U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Australia had agreed to grant asylum to some of Iran's visiting
00:09women's football team,
00:10whose players refused to sing the national anthem while playing there during the Middle East War.
00:15A few hours earlier, Trump had urged Australia to grant them asylum,
00:20saying Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran national women's soccer team to be forced back
00:28to Iran.
00:29Iran's women's team lost its last group match against the Philippines on Sunday,
00:34and teams ousted during the group stage usually leave within days.
00:38The squad arrived in Australia for the Continental Championship last month before the war in the Middle East broke out
00:45on the 28th of February.
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