Iran allows women inside stadium to watch men’s league football match after easing 40-year-old ban | South China Morning Post

Thousands of women cheered their local teams at a stadium in the Iranian capital Tehran on August 31, 2022, after the government relaxed a long-standing ban that prevented females from watching men’s soccer matches in person. The prohibition, which dates back to the 1979 Islamic revolution, was reportedly meant to s…

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