Six members of Iran's women's national football team are now under federal police protection at an undisclosed location in Brisbane, having refused to board a flight back to a country where state television has branded them 'wartime traitors.'
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told parliament on 11 March that seven members of the squad, six players and one staff member, had been granted temporary humanitarian visas following the team's appearance at the AFC Women's Asian Cup on the Gold Coast. One of the seven has since reversed her decision and plans to leave Australia, leaving six behind, said Fox News.
