Iran’s ‘Blue Girl’ Wanted to Watch a Soccer Match. She Died Pursuing Her Dream.
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 ...
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Exclusive: FIFA officials to visit Iran after death of 'Blue Girl'
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 ...
Iranian female soccer fan 'blue girl' dies after setting herself on fire
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 ...
Iranian female soccer fan dies after setting herself on fire
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 ...
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Iran's 'blue girl' dies after setting herself on fire
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 ...
Iran's 'blue girl' dies for watching soccer, blacklash explodes
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 ...
Iran's 'Blue Girl' dies for watching soccer, FIFA attacked
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 ...
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