Iranian women cheer at soccer game, finally
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: “I just cannot believe how much we shouted and cheered,” Maryam, 27, told Al-Monitor as she walked out…
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Iranian women allowed to attend soccer game for first time since 1981
The New York Times | Tariq Panja: When Iran’s national soccer team takes the field on Thursday for an otherwise humdrum World…
Photos: Historic day for women’s rights! Iranian women throng stadium to watch football match
ISNA | Hadi Zand: Iranian women entered the country’s national stadium in Tehran on Thursday after being able to purchase tickets for…
Iranian women attend first soccer match in 40 years
Reuters – Iranian women entered the country’s national stadium in Tehran on Thursday after being able to purchase tickets for a national…
Iranian women allowed to watch football at stadium for first time in decades
AFP | Amir Havasi: Thousands of Iranian women fans are to attend a football match freely Thursday for the first time in…
Iran ‘assures’ women can attend World Cup qualifier
Daily Sabah – FIFA has been “assured” by Iranian authorities that women will be able to attend the October World Cup qualifier…
Vice-president says stadiums prepared for entry of women
IRNA – Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Hossein Ali Amiri said on Sunday that the Government has carried out preparatory works for entry…
Gov’t agrees on women’s presence at stadiums
IRNA – Iran’s Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laiya Joneidi stated on Wednesday that women’s presence at stadiums is authorized, adding the government…
Stadium gates gradually open for Iranian women
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Iranian women’s relationship with sports events could hardly be more complicated. They are allowed to watch female competitions…
Iranian women allowed access to watch live football in stadium
Tehran Times – Iranian women are permitted to spectate a friendly match between Iran’s women’s football team and Russia’s in a women-only…
The politics behind Iranian women’s entry to Azadi stadium
Al-Monitor | Maziar Motamedi: Asian soccer’s most important game of the season, the AFC Champions League final, was held in Tehran on…
Iran women attend Asian Champions League football final
BBC – Hundreds of Iranian women have been allowed to attend the Asia Champions League final in Tehran, Iran’s semi-official Isna news…
850 women gain entry to Asian Champions League final in Tehran
RTE.ie – In a historic move, 850 women were permitted to attend the Asian Champions League final in Tehran this afternoon, bringing…
Big score for Iranian women as doors open to men’s soccer games
Al-Monitor – After nearly four decades, a group of Iranian women officially entered the iconic Azadi Stadium in the capital Tehran to…
Iran prosecutor says no repeat of women at football matches
AFP – Iran’s prosecutor general said Wednesday there would be no repeat of women watching football matches inside stadiums, saying it would…
Iran women attend international football match against Bolivia
Qatar Tribune – Some 100 Iranian women were allowed to watch their country take on Bolivia in a friendly football match at the…
Photos: Families watch Iran-Portugal match at Azadi Stadium
Tasnim | Masoud Shahrestani: Some Iranian football fans, both women and men, watched Iran-Portugal match at Tehran’s Azadi stadium. This was the…
Iran’s female football supporters make history at World Cup stadium screening
The Guardian | Martin Belam: Iran’s female football supporters have made history in Tehran – for the first time in 37 years…
Iranian women, real winners of Iran-Spain match in FIFA World Cup
IFP- Iranian women on Wednesday were finally allowed to go to the Azadi Stadium in Tehran for the first time after the…
Iran lets women watch World Cup in public for first time in almost 40 years
Sputnik– Fans, including women, watched Iran’s recent clash against Spain at Tehran’s biggest stadium, Azadi, which saw a large display set up…
VP says still hopeful about women attending sports venues
MNA – Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar said that government is determined to meet the pre-requirements for women and families being able…
Women in Iran can finally go to stadiums, but to watch matches on JumboTron!
IFP- Iranian Families have been given a chance to watch the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 football matches live on a JumboTron…
500 women allowed to watch FIVB World League games in Tehran
An official with the Tehran Provincial Sports and Youth Department said Tuesday that planning has been made for more than 500 Iranian…
Iran partially opens stadium doors to women
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A limited number of Iranian women will be allowed to watch Volleyball World League games in Tehran later…
Women’s entry into sporting arenas remains illegal: Iran Police
Tehran, May 8, The Iran Project – “Women’s entry into sporting arenas remains illegal,” says the spokesman of the law enforcement force…
Presence of women in sports stadiums on agenda
Tehran, April 4, IRNA – An Iranian official said on Saturday that the plan for presence of Iranian women and families in…