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Crowd chants ‘save our girls’ at bus carrying Iran women’s team

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English March 9, 2026 at 8:44 AM

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Crowds chased a bus carrying Iran’s women’s football team in Australia, chanting ‘save our girls’ and calling for the players to be granted asylum after they refused to sing the national anthem at the Asian Cup.

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