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Tag : Women in Sports Stadiums

October 17, 2018

Iranian Women Attend Men’s Soccer Game, Standing Firm Against State Ban and Hardline Threats

October 17, 2018 – After decades of activists peacefully campaigning against Iran’s state ban on women in sports stadiums, dozens of females were allowed to watch a men’s soccer match between the national team and Bolivia ...

June 22, 2018

Iran-Spain Match Aftermath: Will Iran’s Ban on Women in Sports Stadiums Finally Be Lifted?

Iranian Women Allowed Into Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to Watch World Cup Screening But Official Ban Persists The presence of women in Iran’s Azadi Stadium in Tehran for the first time after more than three decades to watch ...

April 24, 2018

Q&A: Abjeez Sisters Band Calls on Iran to End Ban on Women in Stadiums

Melody (left) and Safoura Safavi of Abjeez. The world pop band “Abjeez,” Persian slang for “sisters,” was born out of a desire by lead singers Safoura and Melody ...

April 24, 2018

Music Video: Iranian Sisters Urge Men to Join Protest Against Iran’s Ban on Women in Stadiums

 “Stadium” Released Amid International Campaign to End Iran’s Discriminatory Ban April 24, 2018—The world pop band Abjeez, led ...

January 31, 2018

“Girls of Revolution St” Protest Ignites Debate on Iran’s Compulsory Hijab

Iranian women protest their country’s hijab law by waving their headscarves in public. Several women protested against ...

September 12, 2017

Iranian VP for Women’s Affairs Calls Ban on Females in Sports Stadiums “Discrimination”

Three days after Iranian women were barred from entering a stadium in Tehran to watch an international soccer match, President Hassan Rouhani’s top female adviser described the ban as discriminatory. Vice President ...

September 6, 2017

Iranian Women Banned From World Cup Stadium Game While Female Syrian Fans Allowed Entry

Syrian women (left) pictured inside Azadi Stadium on September 5 while Iranian ...

June 30, 2017

Persistent Iranian Women’s Movement Chipping Away at State Ban on Females in Sports Stadiums

The peaceful battle by women’s rights activists geared towards ending the ban on female spectators in Iranian sports stadiums is inching forward despite ongoing opposition by religious conservatives. “Women’s rights activists are pursuing ...

June 12, 2017

Some Female Sports Fans Allowed to Watch Men’s Volleyball Match in Tehran, But Ban Persists

After being denied entry into Iran’s sports stadiums since 2012, hundreds of women were allowed inside Tehran’s 12,000-seat Azadi Arena on June 9, 2017 to watch a FIVB World Volleyball League...

April 6, 2017

Men and Women Required to Run Separately in Tehran’s First International Marathon

Spokesman Strays From State Line on Hijab Despite interest expressed by foreign female runners, women participants in Tehran’s first international marathon will be required to run separately and on a shortened route. The sudden change resulted in ...

April 4, 2017

Iranian Female Billiard Players Banned From Competing for Alleged “Un-Islamic Conduct”

A number of Iranian female billiard players have been banned for a year from competitions for allegedly “violating the Islamic code of conduct” while competing in China, Iran’s Bowling and Billiards ...

September 5, 2016

Iranian Women Made History at Rio Olympics

First Olympic Medal Won despite Little Official Support in Iran The Islamic Republic of Iran participated in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with 63 athletes, only nine of whom were women. Yet Kimia Alizadeh, competing ...

June 20, 2016

New Report: Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison

Political prisoners held in the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison are routinely denied medical care and hospitalization, face restricted or denied visitation rights even with their young children, are deprived of regular telephone contact with their families, and are not provided adequate nutrition, as ...

June 7, 2016

Campaign’s Letter to Rouhani: Allow Women Spectators to Attend World Volleyball Games in Tehran

Over the past few years, since Iran's national volleyball team rose to international prominence, the authorities have banned women from attending stadiums and supporting their team. Ban on Women Attending Sport ...

May 17, 2016

Women Prevented from Attending Iran’s Premier League Finale

Ban on Women in Stadiums Upheld Under President Rouhani Iranian women were once again blocked from attending a major public sports event alongside men as the police stopped ...

March 4, 2016

Cartoon 142: International Women’s Day

On this March 8, 2016, International Women’s Day, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urges all to strive for a world where women everywhere are free from discrimination....

February 18, 2016

Iran’s Ban on Women at Volleyball Championship Continues with FIVB’s Nod

Security guards have prevented women from watching the Beach Volleyball World Championship on Iran’s Kish Island for a third consecutive day with the international governing body claiming “misunderstandings.” ...

February 16, 2016

Local Authorities Defy Iran’s Commitment to Federation and Refuse to Allow Women at Volleyball Match

Despite assurances by Iranian authorities that they would comply with international rules and allow women to attend the Beach Volleyball World Championship on Kish Island, women are being turned away. Following refusal of authorities to allow female spectators to ...

January 7, 2016

Soccer Star Arrested for Online Photos With Women despite Evidence His Account was Hacked

Legal Expert Decries Refusal to Release Sosha Makani on Bail till Investigation is Completed Sosha Makani, Persepolis soccer club goalkeeper and member of the Iranian national soccer team at the 2014 World Cup, was ...

November 24, 2015

Women’s Futsal Team Captain Allowed to Travel to World Championship Only after Judiciary Gives Consent

Husband’s Refusal to Give Consent Kept Her Banned from Leaving Country The captain of the Iranian women’s national Futsal team, Niloufar Ardalan, who was previously banned from leaving the country to ...

November 2, 2015

Cartoon 125: Iranian Women Struggle to Enter Sports Stadiums

Iranian women remain barred from entering sports stadiums to watch games and competitions. This is cartoonist Touka Neyestani's take on the issue. (See related animation.)...

October 12, 2015

Cartoon 124: Women, Men, and Permission to Travel

Cartoonist Touka Neyestani's take on the discriminatory laws that allow Iranian men immense control over their wives' work and travel rights. In a highly publicized recent case, Niloufar Ardalan, the captain of Iranian women’s National ...

July 9, 2015

Citizens Angry that Government Backs Away from Supporting Women’s Attendance at Sport Stadiums

Administation Reverses Position and Caves in to Hardliners Rouhani’s Vice President for Women’s and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, has come under increasingly direct criticism by Iranian citizens after her flip-flops—and now backing away—from her earlier support for women’s attendance at ...

June 19, 2015

cartoon 117: Women Not Allowed

After much public anticipation for a decision on whether women would be allowed to watch the Iran-US volleyball games, and despite announcements by Rouhani administration about a favorable resolution to the issue, the Tasnim new agency, which ...

November 25, 2014

Authorities Use National Security Charges to Punish Ghavami for Attending Sporting Event

On November 23, 2014, Ghoncheh Ghavami was released from prison after posting bail of one hundred million toman ($35,000). She was released after a lower court issued a one-year prison sentence and a two-year travel ban for “propaganda against the state” and other national security-related ...

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