Australia grants citizenship to 2 Iranian women’s soccer players who sought asylum

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Two Iranian women soccer players who sought asylum in Australia have been granted Australian citizenship. The immigration minister officiated their citizenship ceremony in Brisbane.

Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia in March have been granted citizenship. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh said in a statement Thursday that Immigration Minister Tony Burke swore them in the day before at a citizenship ceremony in their Australian home city of Brisbane.