New Delhi, March 11 -- A total of six members of the Iranian women's soccer team will remain in Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Wednesday, after one of the squad members earlier granted asylum changed her mind and planned to return to Iran.

The names of the seven team members who were issued humanitarian visas to stay in Australia have been widely published - including by Burke - and it was not immediately clear which of the women had reversed her decision.

The rest of the team's departure from Sydney, Australia late Tuesday happened during fraught and outraged protests at the delegation's hotel and at the airport. Iranian Australians sought to prevent the women from leaving the country, citing fears for their safety in...