Name: 澳洲拯救伊朗足球員的祕密行動！| BBC News (Australia’s secret operation to save Iran’s footballers | BBC News)
Uploaded: 2026-03-12T16:29:43.000Z
Duration: 5 min 12 s

If they want to stay in Australia, we would support them.

如果她們想留在澳洲，我們會支持她們。

This is how a regular tournament turned into a life changing decision for these Iranian women's footballers who between matches came up with a plan to escape their home country for good.

這就是一場普通的錦標賽，如何變成這些伊朗女足球員改變人生的決定，她們在比賽之間，就想好了要永遠逃離祖國的計畫。

Through whisper conversations, secret collusion between lawyers, police and activists.

透過律師、警察和activists之間的耳語密談、祕密串通。

It all started when they played their first match in the Women's Asian cup against South Korea.

一切都從她們在Women's Asian cup對上南韓的第一場比賽開始。

They stayed silent during the national anthem.

There was a lot of criticism back home in Iran accusing they were warlike traitors and that they needed to be dealt with harshly.

在伊朗國內引發了很多批評，指責她們是好戰的叛徒，需要嚴厲處置。

And then a few days later when they were playing Australia, they did sing the national anthem and they also saluted, which worried people because they were concerned that the Iranian regime had pressured them to sing the anthem.

幾天後，當她們對上澳洲時，她們唱了國歌，也敬了禮，這讓大家擔心，因為擔心伊朗政權有施壓要她們唱國歌。

The day after the final football match, I was in the hotel where the players were staying and you could see some of the players milling around.

在最後一場足球賽的隔天，我在球員們住的飯店，可以看到一些球員在裡面走動。

They went for walks in the hotel grounds, but they kept to themselves.

她們在飯店的庭院散步，但都自己待著。

But later in the afternoon, I noticed that they were talking to some Iranian activists.

但到了下午晚些時候，我注意到她們正在和一些伊朗activists談話。

And that was interesting because Iranian activists are very against their regime.

而且這很有趣，因為伊朗activists非常反對她們的政權。

And we'd been told that minders were watching the team and that they weren't really interacting with anybody outside that immediate community.

而且我們被告知有minders在看著這支squad，而且她們並沒有真的跟隊伍以外的任何人互動。

So I certainly started watching this group of people talking.

They were very casual, they were laughing.

At one point the hotel security joined as well, but again, it just felt like a normal conversation.

有一次飯店的保全也加入了，但同樣地，這就只像是一般的對話。

They then walked out of the hotel, sauntered out.

接著她們就走出了飯店，悠閒地走出來。

I assumed they would be going for a walk around the grounds, but

我以為她們是要去周圍散散步，但是

it did make me think, you know, where were their minders?

這讓我開始想，你知道，她們的minders在哪裡？

This isn't something that we normally see.

這不是我們平常會看到的景象。

And then what, maybe 20 minutes later, two people from the Iranian delegation came running through the lobby, really looking panicked.

接著，大概二十分鐘後，伊朗代表團的兩個人慌慌張張地跑過大廳。

And they went to, to a stairwell and went down the stairs, tried to get out to the basement car park, but

他們跑去一個樓梯間，往下走，試圖到地下停車場，但是

The door was shut, so they had to retreat and come back.

門是關著的，所以他們只好撤退回來。

Now that was sunset and it's Ramadan at the moment.

那時候是日落，而且現在是齋戒月。

And I think what happened was that all of the team had met for Iftar to break their fast.

我想發生的是，整個squad都集合了，準備開齋飯。

They realized that five women were not there and they realized they had to get into action and try and find out what had happened.

他們發現有五個女人沒到，他們意識到必須採取行動，試圖找出發生了什麼事。

Iranian Australian activists played a big part in trying to encourage squad to remain here in Australia.

伊朗澳洲activists在鼓勵squad留在澳洲扮演了很重要的角色。

And I believe that started even before the tournament.

我認為這件事在錦標賽開始前就已經發生了。

Now at the tournament, I, I went to one of the matches and you could see some of the community chanting, encouraging the women on the pitch that they would Be safe, they'd be protected, they'd be supported financially, that they needn't worry if they wanted to seek asylum in Australia.

現在到了錦標賽，我、我去看了一場比賽，可以看到一些社群在吶喊，鼓勵場上的女性們，告訴她們會安全、會受到保護、會獲得經濟支持，如果想在澳洲尋求庇護，她們不必擔心。

And then after the match, there was a lot of chanting.

然後比賽結束後，有很多吶喊聲。

Five women escaped from the hotel the day after their final match.

在最後一場比賽的隔天，有五名女性逃離了飯店。

And then the day after that, two more women also decided to seek asylum just before the bus left.

然後又隔一天，有兩名女性也在巴士離開前決定尋求庇護。

But a few hours later, one of those women had a change of heart.

但幾個小時後，其中一名女性改變了主意。

Activists said that, that she'd been pressured by the regime, threatened her family.

activists說，她受到了政權的壓力，威脅她的家人。

She spoke to her teammates who were already on their way home.

她和已經在返家路上的隊友們說了話。

They recommended that she get in touch with the Iranian embassy for them to come and pick her up.

她們建議她聯繫伊朗大使館，讓大使館來接她。

But in doing so, she revealed the whereabouts of all the other women who had had stayed in Australia.

但這麼一來，她就洩漏了所有留在澳洲的其他女性的行蹤。

So they had to move all of that group to another safe location.

所以她們不得不將整團人轉移到另一個安全的地方。

Then, two days after their final match, they headed towards the airport to fly out from Australia.

然後，在她們的最後一場比賽過後兩天，她們就前往機場準備從澳洲飛離。

And again, the activists were lying in front of the bus.

而 activists 又擋在巴士前面了。

It feels like a repeat of what we saw on Sunday evening after the match.

這感覺就像是週日晚上比賽後我們看到的那一幕重演。

Many people in the community trying to stop the bus from moving forward.

社區裡有很多人試圖阻止巴士前進。

When most of the team got to the airport, the authorities gave them another chance.

當大部分隊伍抵達機場時，當局又給了她們一次機會。

Most of the team were given one on one interviews with the immigration authorities with an interpreter there as well.

大部分隊員都與移民官進行了一對一的面談，現場也有翻譯人員。

And that was when they were asked, with no pressure, no minders with them, what they really wanted to do.

那時候，她們被問到，在沒有壓力、沒有 minders 在場的情況下，她們真正想做什麼。

Now, ultimately, nobody took Australia up on that offer.

最後，沒有人接受澳洲的提議。

All of the remaining members of the team got on that plane and left Australia.

隊伍裡剩下的所有成員都搭上了那架飛機，離開了澳洲。

But the authorities said that it was difficult, it was emotional, that there were lots of phone calls between family members.

但當局表示，這很困難，很感人，家人之間打了許多電話。

The hope is that Iran does welcome them back.

They say that they want to welcome them back with open arms.

他們說，他們想張開雙臂歡迎她們。

The six women who remain here in Australia have been given humanitarian visas, but

留在澳洲的六名女性已經獲得了人道簽證，但是

the authorities have made it clear that they will be fast tracked to get permanent residency.

當局已經明確表示，她們將會被快速處理，獲得永久居留權。

As for their families, legally a permanent resident can ask for their families to join them here.

至於她們的家人，法律上永久居民可以申請家人來這裡團聚。

And that's something that the immigration minister said was.

Even getting Australian nationals out of Iran at the moment is proving pretty difficult.

目前就連要讓澳洲公民離開伊朗都相當困難。