Members of Iran's women's football team at Igdir airport in Turkey, waiting for a bus to take them to the Iranian border Credit: Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP

The Iranian women’s team, whose plight has become embroiled in the Middle East war, returned back to Iran on Wednesday, where they were promised a welcome ceremony in Tehran.

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