Sri Lanka, March 15 -- Four more members of the Iranian women's soccer squad withdrew their asylum requests to the Australian government after facing pressure from Tehran, two sources close to the team have said.

Two players - Mona Hamoudi and Zahra Sarbali, as well as a staffer, Zahra Meshkekar, arrived in Malaysia Saturday and will head on to Tehran, Iranian state media reported, carrying a picture of the three together.

CNN has since learned that another woman has also withdrawn her request, with one of the sources blaming pressure from Iran for the women changing their minds. State media named the fourth woman as team captain Zahra Ghanbari, saying she was on her way back to Iran.

They were among the seven members of the Iranian wo...