In an exception to the ban against women attending sports events, Iranian women, most of them family of players, were permitted to watch a soccer match between Iran and Bolivia at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, in 2018./ Her dream was to watch a soccer match from a stadium in Iran, where women are ...
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - FIFA officials will visit Iran, following the death of a female fan who set herself on fire in protest at her arrest for attending a match, world soccer’s governing body told Reuters on Wednesday./ FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Group B - Morocco vs ...
She was being charged with being dressed as a man to watch a soccer game. Women are not allowed to enter the soccer stadium in Iran./ fan who faced a potentially lengthy sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium dressed as a man has died after setting herself on fire a week ago outside a ...
In this Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, supporters of Iranian soccer team Esteghlal, hold flags of their favorite team, at the Azadi (Freedom) stadium, in Tehran, Iran. Sahar Khodayari, an Iranian female soccer fan died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Iranian football fans have been campaigning for some time to stop the ban on female spectators An Iranian female football fan who set herself on fire a week ago has died. The woman set herself alight in Tehran after her trial, for ...
An Iranian woman awaiting trial for trying to enter a soccer match set herself on fire and died, setting off an outpouring of grief and criticism of the Islamic Republic's restrictive policies toward women. In Iran, women who enter sports arenas face jail time. Sahar Khodayari, who came to be ...
Sahar Khodayari, an Iranian female soccer fan died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium where women are banned, a semi-official news agency/ Sahar Khodayari enacted self immolation in Tehran ...
A third of the community kitchens in Gaza - one of the last lifelines - have been forced to shut down over the past two weeks/ The US has confirmed that a new system for providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza through private companies is being prepared, as Israel's blockade continues ...
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March/ The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the ...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war/ "These," says Dr Anas al-Hourani, "are from a mixed mass grave." The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each ...
The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
The Houthis' top negotiator said their support for the Palestinian people in Gaza "will not change"/ A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead. "What changed is ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that "we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza." Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: "They will not enter and come out." The new offensive is calculated, according to the spokesperson for the Israel Defense ...
Trump says Houthis told administration they 'don't want to fight anymore'/ Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated", as Oman confirmed a "ceasefire" had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the ...
Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike/ The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a ...