One of the seven Iranian football players who sought asylum in Australia has changed her mind, forcing Australian officials to hurriedly move the other six women after Iranian authorities found out their location.

The first hint something was up, was when we spotted a small group of Iranian footballers in the hotel lobby. We counted at least three players, wearing black headscarves and dressed in the team's grey shirts, chatting with four people we suspected at the time - and now know - were Iranians from the local community here on Australia's Gold Coast.