Iranian women soccer players granted asylum in Australia are pictured training in Brisbane

Two players from the Iranian women’s soccer team have joined a practice session with a professional club in Brisbane in their first publicly-shared appearance since it emerged they had been granted asylum in Australia. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were pictured smiling and wearing the club’s colors as they posed alongside a women’s elite squad in photos posted to Instagram by the Brisbane Roar on Monday. The update came as the rest of Iran’s soccer delegation left Malaysia bo...

By JOHN PYE and CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY