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2026-03-16 Down Under

Three more members of Iran’s national soccer team leave asylum in Australia

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-16 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1773 views ] Top
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1 I strongly suspect the returning team members will not live very long.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2026-03-16 03:51|| 2026-03-16 03:51|| Front Page Top

2 you're probably right

Posted by chris 2026-03-16 05:00|| 2026-03-16 05:00|| Front Page Top

3 Needs to be done once again. A standard Unconventional Warfare (UW) mission. Use Kharg Island as a Command & Communications, and logistics hub. Let vetted indigenous elements hunt the regime down and take care of business.

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Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-16 05:24|| 2026-03-16 05:24|| Front Page Top

4 I heard the authorities targeted and abducted the players families.

Return.
Be killed.
Or we kill your mom.
I think is how it went.

Posted by mossomo 2026-03-16 12:23|| 2026-03-16 12:23|| Front Page Top

5 Seen this morning on the Times of Israel:

Another Iranian soccer player backs down from Australia asylum, leaving just two
Woman joins her teammates in Kuala Lumpur where rest of squad have yet to reveal plans to return home, amid speculation they are waiting for last two to change their minds

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-16 13:09|| 2026-03-16 13:09|| Front Page Top

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