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The Iranian women’s football team crossed the Turkish border into Iran overnight to complete a fraught return journey from Australia, after five members withdrew asylum claims they had lodged there, Reuters reports.
Australia had granted humanitarian visas to six players and one support staff member after they sought asylum, saying they feared possible persecution if they returned to Iran.
The female footballers of the national team and the technical staff are the dear daughters of this land and water, and the people of Iran embrace them.
Our daughters, despite all the malice of the enemies of this country, have not become disillusioned with themselves; they have not surrendered to the temptations and intimidation of the Iran-haters, and they will return with pride to their eternal home, Iran.
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