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Mona Hamoudi

Iranian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ96749203
Source-derived summary

Mona Hamoudi (Persian: مونا حمودی; born 11 November 1993) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kowsar Women Football League club Bam Khatoon FC and the Iran women's national team.

In March 2026, Hamoudi, along with several teammates from the Iranian women's national football team, left the team's training camp in Australia and sought refuge due to fears of retaliation from Iranian authorities. Reports indicate that political figures, including Reza Pahlavi, called for protection for the players. US president Donald Trump publicly urged the Australian government to grant asylum to the players, stating they could face persecution if they returned to Iran. The Australian government subsequently granted humanitarian visas to the players. On 14 March, Manoudi, together with fellow Iranian players Soltan Meshkehkar and Zahra Sarbali, reversed their earlier decision to seek asylum and chose to return to Iran. The Tasnim News Agency added that they had rejected "psychological warfare, extensive propaganda and seductive offers".

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

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The public source identifies “Mona Hamoudi” as iranian footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mona, Hamoudi and Iranian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2026—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-11-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mona, Hamoudi and Iranian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q96749203. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from Mona Hamoudi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.