Iranian football captain Niloofar Ardalan in action during a 2014 practice session in Tehran (AFP Photo/Amir Kholoosi)/ Tehran (AFP) - An Iranian women's football team will be minus its captain at the Asian championship in Malaysia next week after her husband invoked his right under Islamic law ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The captain of the Iranian women's soccer team will miss the Asian Cup tournament as her husband has confiscated her passport in a domestic quarrel, local media has reported. The dispute between 30-year-old midfielder Niloufar Ardalan and her husband, sports ...
will miss the Asian Cup tournament as her husband has confiscated her passport in a domestic quarrel, local media has reported. The dispute between 30-year-old midfielder Niloufar Ardalan and her husband, sports journalist Mahdi Toutounchi, touches on the rights of women in the Islamic Republic. ...
An Iranian women's football team will be minus its captain at the Asian championship in Malaysia next week after her husband invoked his right under Islamic law to bar her from travelling. Mehdi Tutunchi, himself a sportscaster, said his wife Niloofar Ardalan could not lead out the national team ...
An Iranian women’s futsal team will be minus its captain at the Asian Championship in Malaysia next week after her husband invoked his right under Islamic law to bar her from travelling. Mehdi Tutunchi, himself a sportscaster, said his wife Niloofar Ardalan could not lead out the national team ...
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