Iran women attend Asian football final in rare 'victory'
Hundreds of Iranian women attended a crunch football match in Tehran, in a rare step seen Sunday as a "victory" by local newspapers and hailed by About a thousand women were allowed into Azadi Stadium late Saturday to watch Iranian giant The Japanese side triumphed 2-0 on aggregate, after a goalless draw in Tehran, but for the reformist Etemad newspaper the clear winners were Iranian women. "Women were the winners of Azadi ("Freedom" in Farsi) match," it said in a bold headline on its front page. A picture on the front page of another ...
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