Five players have defected from the Iran women’s soccer team and are being cared for in a safe house operated by the Australian Federal Police. Sources with direct knowledge of the event, speaking anonymously due to the ongoing danger faced by the squad, say that the operation occurred after Iran’s final match of the Asian Women’s Cup against the Philippines in Australia, with police assisting the five individuals in leaving the hotel early on Monday evening local time. Sources added that the te
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