Iran broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings Thursday from Gulf Arab states that called it a dangerous escalation that threatened to draw them into direct combat with Tehran.

The two players from ⁠the ⁠Iranian women's soccer squad who ⁠chose to remain in Australia after seeking asylum have ​been pictured training with a local A-League club as they begin their new lives ‌in the country.

Two Iranian women's soccer players granted asylum in Australia were seen practicing with the Brisbane Roar of the country's A-League on Monday.

Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team joined a training session with the Brisbane Roars, an A-League professional club, after accepting asylum in Australia. Fatemah Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were among seven people,

Fatemeh Pasandideh is one of the two Iranian footballers who remain in Australia Two members of Iran's national women's football team who sought asylum in Australia have been pictured training at the grounds of the A-league football team Brisbane Roar.

Iranian media say the women's soccer team has returned to Iran after several sought asylum in Australia. Wolverines star Yaxel Lendeborg said the loss to Purdue "definitely fuels us to make sure that we never lose again.

One of the two Iranian footballers who decided to stay back in Australia said “everything will be fine” as they joined a training session at their professional club in Brisbane. This followed a wave of reversals by their Iranian teammates who had initially sought asylum in Australia but later chose to return to Tehran.

Concerns over their safety surfaced when several players were called 'wartime traitors' for failing to sing the national anthem at a match The Iranian women's soccer team crossed the Turkish border into Iran on Wednesday to complete a fraught return journey from Australia,