Penny Wong is asked the question all Aussies want answered about Iranian soccer team over fears players will be persecuted as they prepare to head home after staging protest against Islamic regime
Penny Wong has avoided answering whether the Albanese government has managed to make contact with the Iranian national football team over fears they will be persecuted when they return home after they refused to sing their national anthem. Penny Wong (pictured) said Australians had been 'moved' by the Iranian football protest'We know this regime has brutally oppressed many Iranian women. And we stand in solidarity with the men and women of Iran, and particularly Iranian women and girls.' The anthem incident on the Gold Coast isn't the first time an Iranian national team has staged a protest about the regime. The Iranian women's football was condemned by Tehran for their national anthem protest'This decision is not out of anger, it is out of awareness.
Source: Metro March 08, 2026 02:47 UTC
