Other new footage appeared to show one of the players crying as she was slowly walked onto the bus by two others. But as their bus left, some of the team gave an ‘SOS’ hand sign to crowds outside their bus yesterday, prompting a group to stop the vehicle. One supporter near the bus came with a recording she said was of one of the players’ mothers, telling her daughter to stay in Australia. Farak said she got the recording from a friend in Iran, and had planned to play it when the women’s team departed their connecting flight in Sydney. ‘I’m pretty sure if she hears this, she will want to stay,’ Farak told the Guardian.

Source: Metro March 10, 2026 13:34 UTC