“We issued five humanitarian visas to members of the Iranian women's soccer team. “Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed. The five players from Iran's women's football team are Fatemeh Pasandideh, Zahra Ghanbari, Zahra Sarbali, Atefeh Ramazanzadeh and Mona Hamoudi. Zahra Ghanbari, Iran's team captain and star midfielder, became viral in October 2024. “These five courageous athletes, currently in a safe location, have announced that they have joined Iran’s national Lion and Sun Revolution,” he wrote on X.

Source: Mint March 10, 2026 10:05 UTC