Iranian Women Cheer In Football Stadiums For The First Time In Decades
(WorldNews Iran)

Iranian women draped their national flag round their shoulders as they watched a World Cup qualifier in Tehran – the first time they have been allowed into a stadium in decades. The sight of women in the stands at Azadi Stadium for Iran’s game against Cambodia marks a decades-long push for the right to do so, following a 1981 ban that followed the country’s Islamic Revolution. After Fifa threatened to suspend the Islamic...