Iran opens soccer stadiums to women

Iranian women will be allowed to attend soccer matches for first time since the country’s 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran’s president said in a decree posted on his website today.

Iranian women will be allowed to attend soccer matches for first time since the country’s 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran’s president said in a decree posted on his website today.

Women would sit in separate section of the stands, away from the usually raucous male fans.

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