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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