For the first time in four decades, women were allowed to pack into Tehran’s Azadi stadium on Thursday to cheer along with male fans as Iran's national soccer team played a World Cup qualifier against Cambodia. FIFA, the international governing body, has long obliged the Football Federation of the
They waved flags. They painted their faces with stripes of green, white and red. They celebrated with blowhorns.
FIFA, the international governing body, has long obliged the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, FFIRI, which excludes women from buying match tickets. But after a 30-year-old woman named Sahar Khodayari set herself on fire and died in protest last month following her arrest for trying to enter Azadi Stadium earlier this year, FIFA changed its position.
On Thursday, female fans had to use a separate parking area and enter through a women-only own gate, and they were confined to a single section of the stadium.
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