Three Iran women’s soccer players reverse asylum bid, return home from Australia
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Three more members of Iran's women’s soccer team who had accepted humanitarian visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to Iran, leaving a smaller group pursuing asylum in Australia while the rest of the squad remains in Kuala Lumpur as they prepare to travel home.
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