The captain of the Iranian women's football team which played in the Asian Cup in Australia has withdrawn her bid for asylum, state media said Sunday, making her the fifth member of the delegation to change her mind.
Zahra Ghanbari will head from Australia to Malaysia and from there fly back to Iran, the IRNA news agency said.Â
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