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Dominic Giannini and Zac de Silva

UNBELIEVABLE: Trump urges australia to give iran women s team asylum | History Defined

Protesters tried to block a bus carrying Iranian players as they left for the airport. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS)

Safety concerns remain for the Iranian women's soccer team as players prepare to leave Australia after five players were granted asylum.

The remnants of the team left a Gold Coast hotel on Tuesday afternoon under police guard with one player appearing to be dragged by a teammate onto the bus bound for the airport in a video published by Nine newspapers.

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