伊朗女足队员阿特费·拉梅扎尼萨德和法蒂玛·帕桑迪德在澳大利亚接受采访，确认她们在3月亚洲女足杯期间拒绝唱国歌是对伊朗政权镇压的抗议1。34岁的拉梅扎尼萨德表示"唱国歌可能意味着某种形式的折磨"1，而22岁的帕桑迪德则指出"我的人民冒着生命危险，他们被杀害了。这样做是我们能为他们做的最起码的事情"1。这次采访在澳大利亚60分钟节目播出1。
国歌沉默发生在3月2日对阵韩国的开幕赛期间1。该队于3月10日离开悉尼前往澳大利亚1。七名队员最终接受了澳大利亚避难，但其中五人后来返回了伊朗，仅两人选择留下1。拉梅扎尼萨德和帕桑迪德已于8月获得澳大利亚公民身份1，目前效力布里斯班Wynnum Wolves半职业球队1。
美国前总统特朗普曾通过社交媒体要求批准该队避难资格1，澳大利亚总理阿尔巴内塞随后告诉特朗普四名球员和一名队经理已接受人道主义签证1。
Two Iranian women's soccer players who fled to Australia have disclosed that their refusal to sing the national anthem during March's Asian Women's Cup was an intentional act of protest against Iran's government repression 1. Atefe Ramezan Sad, 34, and Fatima Pasandideh, 22, made the revelation in an interview broadcast on Australia's 60 Minutes program on Sunday 1.
The anthem silence occurred on March 2 during the opening match against South Korea 1. Both players have since obtained Australian citizenship as of August and now play for Brisbane's semi-professional club Wynnum Wolves 1. Ramezan Sad stated that singing the national anthem "might mean some form of torture," while Pasandideh explained: "My people are risking their lives, they are being killed. This is the least we can do for them" 1.
The two players were among seven Iranian national team members who sought asylum in Australia after the team departed Sydney on March 10 1. However, only these two ultimately remained in the country; the other five team members later returned to Iran 1. Former U.S. President Trump had previously called for approval of the team's asylum applications through social media, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese subsequently confirmed that four players and one team official had been granted humanitarian visas 1.
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