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Thursday, June 21, 2018 –
10:11am
Iran played Spain in the World Cup last night, and
excitement was high in Tehran, where the game was to be broadcast
live in the capital’s Azadi Stadium.
For 40 years, women have been unable to watch
the national side in person, due to a ban on female spectators at
male sporting events.
This led to the unusual sight of female Iran
fans crowding the stands in Russia to cheer on the team during
their opening match against Morocco on Friday, while their sisters
at home remain locked out of the country’s own stadiums.
On Tuesday the governor of Tehran announced that
the prohibition on mixed-gender stadiums would be temporarily
lifted to allow female fans to a live broadcast of the Iran-Spain
match in a designated “family” stand.
However, hours before kick-off, the capital’s
police said the plans to allow a mixed-gender viewing could not go
ahead, citing “infrastructure” issues.
Ticket-holders refused to leave, staging an
impromptu sit-in protest outside the stadium.
Video footage shows men, women and children
sitting on the ground in front of a line of police. Many fans
carried banners and horns, while some female supporters wore a
patriotic Iranian flag headscarf.
ppl sit-in in front of the Police in protest
to cancelling the event at Tehran Stadium where “families” (aka ppl
including women) were supposed to be allowed in to watch #IRASPA game tonight.
big outcry on social media.
vid via @Sarbehavaa1pic.twitter.com/nsXgZ4xNMo— Hadi Nili (@HadiNili) June 20, 2018
The stand-off continued more than an hour, until
Iran’s interior minister intervened to order police to allow all
fans inside and let the viewing party go ahead as
planned.
“It marked the first time since 1981 that women were
allowed in Azadi Stadium to watch a soccer game with men,” Sports Illustrated reports.
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%u0647%u0645%u200C%u0627%u06A9%u0646%u0648%u0646! pic.twitter.com/02j1CiBPVq— Team Melli IRAN (@TeamMelliIran) June 20, 2018
Unfortunately, that was the only victory of the
night – despite giving the Spanish side a run for their money, Iran
ultimately lost the match 1-0.
“It remains to be seen whether Wednesday’s event
signals a permanent shift in allowing Iranian women to watch men’s
sporting events,” says CNN.
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