Players sing, salute during anthem in last Asian Cup game as rights activists raise concerns over their return to Iran.

After their final defeat in the Asian Women’s Cup on Sunday, supporters of the Iranian women’s football team crowded around their bus shouting at police to “save our girls” as it pulled away. Hadi Karimi, a human rights advocate and member of the ...

Protesters have gathered outside Gold Coast stadium in support of Iran’s women’s team, amid allegations the team are under surveillance and being chaperoned.

Sky News host James Macpherson says the Iranians women’s football team is “under house arrest” after refusing to sing the regime’s national anthem.