Overview
- Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said a player who had remained in Australia reversed her decision and told Iran's embassy where the protected group was staying, prompting immediate action.
- Authorities moved the six remaining protected team members to a new safe location, with assurances they can remain in Australia.
- Seven members of the Iranian delegation — five players, a sixth player, and one staff member — have been granted asylum, according to Australian officials.
- The rest of the 26-member delegation left for Malaysia and arrived in Kuala Lumpur, where the Asian Football Confederation says they are awaiting onward travel to Iran because many air links are disrupted by the war.
- The team had refused to sing the national anthem before a match against South Korea in Sydney in early March, drawing denunciations from Iranian state media, and an immigration agent reported intense pressure and internal monitoring of the players by Iranian officials.