Soccer-Iran stadium campaigner says women attending match will `break a taboo`
(WorldNews Iran)

LONDON — Iranian women will be allowed to watch the national soccer team play on Thursday for the first time in over 40 years, but campaigners are not convinced the match against Cambodia heralds a wider opening up of sports by the government. Under pressure from world governing body FIFA, Iranian authorities have allocated seats to women in four sectors of Tehran’s 78,000 capacity Azadi Stadium. FIFA stepped up pressure on Iran to meet commitments allowing women to attend World Cup qualifiers following the death last month of Sahar Khodayari, who set herself on fire to protest against her arrest for trying to get into a match. But a leading activist said FIFA should have pushed...