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The smiles and joy seen in pictures of seven members of the Iranian women's football team who originally sought asylum in Australia only tell part of the story.

The complexity of the situation was further highlighted when one of the seven changed her mind today and decided to return to Iran.

There is no black-and-white picture here. And as details continue to emerge, what seems clear is that many of those who chose to remain or leave did so with mixed emotions.

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like this is being deliberately overblown, they didn't even share the full message.

"They" could refer to anyone without the context.

The reason I felt like mentioning this is because Iran is waterlogged in a war at the moment, so they actually started releasing political prisoners because they need public support. There'd be very little reason to go after the soccer team, regardless of their reasoning not to sing their national anthem.

I think the squad size is also like 23 people, so that's still 17 that didn't opt to stay.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They tried to defect. Even if allowed to live short term, they would be killed eventually.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

Defect implies help the enemy. They just claimed asylum for safety. I don't think the regime will be happy with them but it's not the same.

[–] dominic.borcea@piefed.social 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Mom was willing to suffer or die just so her daughter could live in relative freedom.

The worst part of it all is that even though she changed her mind in order to protect her mother and family, its meaningless. The Islamist regime will still hurt or possibly kill them simply for the fact that she dared defy them in one instance, they will not allow them to go unpunished.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 11 hours ago

And even if they show mercy, there's still Israel and the US waiting. I still understand how she struggles, that can't be easy.