Iranian women will be able to watch football again in local stadiums after being suspended for a long period of time, with rare exceptions, the president of Iran’s Football Federation announced today.
“One of the main novelties of this season is that women are allowed to enter the stadiums,” revealed Mehdi Taj during the drawing ceremony for the league, which will consist of 16 teams in total.
Women were exceptionally allowed to attend the match between Esteghlal, then coached by Portugal’s Ricardo Sá Pinto, and Mes Kerman in August 2022, as well as in March 2023, when the Iranian national team played in a private match against Russia. challenge, played at Azadi Stadium in Tehran.
However, for over 40 years, women were banned from attending matches in stadiums, but under pressure from FIFA, a female audience was allowed in the national team’s international matches in 2019, for the first time since Islamic law. Revolution of 2019. 1979.
The president of the organization confirmed that some stadiums in the cities of Isfahan, Kerman and Ahvaz are “ready” to receive spectators during matches. However, it did not name any stadium in the capital Tehran.
Source: DN
