Football must use any leverage it has to protect Iran’s female protesters
Yet, from that lose-lose scenario, five players – captain Zahra Ghanbari, Fatemeh Pasandideh, Zahra Sarbali, Atefeh Ramazanzadeh, and Mona Hamoudi – escaped the state’s grasp. Then a sixth, Mohaddeseh Zolfi, claimed asylum on Tuesday. So did Zahra Soltan Meshkeh Kar from the support staff, before the seven became six.
