Iranian footballers granted asylum vow to rebuild their sporting careers in ‘safe haven’

NewsWorldAustralasiaIranian footballers granted asylum vow to rebuild their sporting careers in ‘safe haven’Concerns over the Iranian players' safety surfaced after several players did not sing the national anthemIan Ransom Friday 17 April 2026 09:28 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2959635","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/iran-womens-football-australia-fatemeh-pasandideh-b2959635.html","title":"Iranian footballers granted asylum vow to continue careers"}}CloseFive Iranian women's soccer players granted humanitarian visas in AustraliaOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Australasia","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Iranian women's footballers Fatemeh Pasandideh and...