Trump warned Australia to grant asylum to the Iranian women’s soccer team or the US will accept them
Donald Trump, the President of the United States, urged the Australian government to grant asylum to the players of the Iranian women’s national soccer team and warned that if Australia refuses, the US will take action
The US President wrote on the social network Truth Social that Australia is making a terrible human mistake by allowing the Iranian women’s national soccer team to be forced to return, where their lives are likely in danger. Do not do this, and grant them asylum. If you do not, the United States will
Earlier, Reza Pahlavi’s media office announced that five players from the Iranian women’s national soccer team managed to leave the camp to seek asylum in Australia
This team, during the Asian Cup games, faced threats from Iranian hardline officials after refusing to sing the national anthem of the Islamic Republic in the first match and later giving a military salute during the anthem in the next two matches