The Iran women footballers faced with an impossible choice: Defect or return to a war zone
via media.zenfs.com
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Their absence was noticed at dinner. Iranian staff and security rushed through the lobby of the team’s upscale Gold Coast hotel, passing protestors, players, and beleaguered fellow guests, searching for the five squad members — captain Zahra Ghanbari, Fatemeh Pasandideh, Zahra Sarbali, Atefeh Ramazanzadeh, and Mona Hamoudi — who had defected from the women’s football […]