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Iran players sing final anthem before bowing out of Women's Asian Cup

Iran’s women’s soccer team sang and saluted their national anthem before their final Women’s Asian Cup match against the Philippines on March 8, days after their earlier silence during the anthem drew criticism from Iranian state television, which labelled them “wartime traitors.

Simon Ormiston/Reuters

10 March 2026


Iran’s women’s soccer team sang and saluted their national anthem before their final Women’s Asian Cup match against the Philippines on March 8, days after their earlier silence during the anthem drew criticism from Iranian state television, which labelled them “wartime traitors.

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