Iran football: Female fans celebrate historic moment

Name: Iran football: Female fans celebrate historic moment
Uploaded: 2019-10-10T16:25:29.000Z
Duration: 20 s
Description: It is the first time in decades that they have been allowed to buy tickets for a national team game.

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Female football fans in Iran were elated as they were allowed to freely attend a men's football match for the first time in decades.

Women have effectively been banned from stadiums when men are playing since just after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Middle East

10 October 2019