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Iran's women's football team being held 'hostage' amid calls for them to remain in Australia
Iran's women's football team has been under intense scrutiny since arriving in Australia for the Women's Asian Cup. (Getty Images: Albert Perez)
The Iranian women’s football team is facing an impossible situation.
As the players try to prepare for their final Women’s Asian Cup game against the Philippines on the Gold Coast this weekend, they must contend with two possible realities.
One, where they return home, and could face punishment from the Islamic Republic regime for choosing not to sing the national anthem before their first game. Or another, where they stay in Australia, and their families and loved ones could instead suffer retribution.
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A small but telling detail from a vast and baffling chain of events. You probably saw the footage of Donald Trump’s declaration of war on Iran two weeks ago, a piece of history played out in real time, a moment where the inevitable violent deaths of thousands of people were in effect announced.
In the video Trump is shown propped up at his plinth, using that sing-song intonation he employs to appear cod-statesmanlike, faux-grave, but sounding instead like a semi-sentient robot vacuum cleaner in the seconds before it runs out of battery life. To the great people of Iran. America is backing you. Don’t go outside. It’s very dangerous out there. We will for the foreseeable future be bombing you to freedom.
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The Iranian women’s football players define heroism
The plight of the Iranian national football team after being accused of treachery by a regime mouthpiece is harrowing, but it’s just one example of their extraordinary courage.
The Iranian national women’s football team’s refusal to sing the national anthem during their opening Asian Cup match against South Korea on Monday saw them described as wartime “traitors” who should be “dealt with more severely” by a commentator on state television.
Forced to play wearing a Muslim headscarf, long-sleeve shirts and pants, these women used their only available tool to give the middle finger to their Islamic Republic oppressors.
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