Iran Detains 35 Women Attempting to Attend Football Game
Iran has detained 35 women for attempting to attend a football match on Thursday, March 1. The match, between Tehran teams Esteqlal and Persepolis at the Azadi (Freedom) stadium, was being attended by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, and Iranian Sport Minister Masoud Soltanifar, which is why women's rights activists They believed that this protest against the sexist ban on women attending men’s football games, which has been in place since the mullahs took power in 1979, would have extra prominence with Infantino there and attract the FIFA ...
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