Iranian women attend football match: 'It was a dream come true'
Some 4,000 girls and women attended a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Cambodia at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, the Iranian capital, on October 10. It was the first time since 1981 female fans in Iran have been allowed to watch a men’s football match. Two of the women present told The Observers how it felt. Women have been banned from attending football stadiums since the earliest days of the Islamic Revolution. In recent years, some female fans run the risk of punishment by slipping into stadiums dressed as men. In March, ...
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