Iranian Women Allowed to Attend Soccer Game for First Time Since 1981
The few ticket holders expressed joy at finally being able to share in the passion for the national soccer team./ A select group of women, chosen by the authorities, were allowed to attend a friendly match in 2018 in Tehran. But women were generally banned from stadiums./ When Iran’s national soccer team takes the field on Thursday for an otherwise humdrum World Cup qualifier, there will be outsize interest not in the action on the field but in who is seated in the stands. For the first time in almost four decades, women will be allowed to ...
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