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Iranian Team Leaves Gold Coast Hotel as Supporters Try to Block Bus, Three Killed in Southern NSW Crash

Reports flagged concerns that some players could face risk if they leave Australia.

Overview

  • Video captured by Julis Dennis shows a bus carrying most of the Iranian women's football team departing their Gold Coast hotel despite attempts to obstruct the roadway.
  • Reporting noted concerns, not independently corroborated, that some Iranian players could face risk if they depart Australia.
  • U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he believes Iran, not the United States, bombed an Iranian girls’ school on February 28.
  • A separate head-on crash in southern New South Wales killed three people and left a teenager in a critical condition.
  • NSW Police and the state premier appealed for safer driving on regional roads following the fatal collision.