Authorities in Iran banned women from
entering most sporting events
following the 1979 Islamic Revolution
because mixed crowds enjoying games
was deemed un-Islamic.
According to CNN, for the past 35
years, the crowds at football games,
Iran's most popular sport have been all
male.Iranian women were briefly
allowed to attend volleyball matches
during the presidency of moderate
Mohammad Khatami but the ban was
reinstated in 2005 when Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad came to power.
In an apparent effort to avoid mixed
crowds watching this year's World Cup,
authorities warned restaurants not to
broadcast games.The president of the
Coffee Shop Owners Union told ISNA
news agency that
“We have told our members that
during the World Cup games they
must either turn the TV off or
switch to a channel which is not
broadcasting the games.”
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