Iran opens door to women at football but will anything really change?

A small number of women watched an Iran friendly and a cup final but the head of the judiciary has said it is sinful for them to see ‘half-naked men’ play

Normal service has resumed at Iranian football grounds and that spells bad news for the country’s women.

Last Thursday a strictly men-only crowd convened at the 100,000-capacity Azadi Stadium in Tehran to watch Iran’s 1-0 friendly win over Trinidad. At the stroke of a government pen the mood of cautious optimism mounting among female supporters had been dashed.

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