00:00Two Iranian soccer players have begun training with their new Brisbane RAW teammates after seeking asylum in Australia.
00:0733-year-old Atefe Ramazan Asada and 21-year-old Fatimeh Persandadeh joined the Brisbane RAW training session on March
00:1516, 2026,
00:17and were both pictured for the first time training without their hijab and neck-to-ankle-covering uniforms.
00:23Five other members of the Iranian soccer team, including one support staff member, withdrew their bid for asylum after March
00:3110th and have now left Australia.
00:34There have been reports that the players faced threats that their families were being targeted by the under-siege Iranian
00:41regime.
00:42When you do break a contract as an athlete in Iran, you can face a death penalty.
00:48Coercion is being used here, intimidation, tactics, and we even had an individual amongst the girls within Sydney and Brisbane
00:59who was influencing them constantly in their ear, letting them know that whatever Australia is offering them, it will not
01:07work.
01:08Meanwhile, Iranian state media has reported the return of the five players who initially accepted Australia's offer of humanitarian visas.
01:15Footage shared by the Islamic Republic showed the women entering Iran after landing in Turkey and taking a bus across
01:23the border.
01:23They were greeted by officials and given what's been described as a hero's welcome.
01:41They were greeted by the others at the ACT- Rutgers' queer and women.
01:43They were greeted by its support as a hero's welcome.
01:44They were greeted by theirälpies to a national service and a village who was greeted by the American Caribbean.
01:44By the way, everyone has been directed by the Muslims and the Muslims,iones and the Muslims.
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