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Omaha Steve

(99,799 posts) Sat Apr 4, 2015, 04:33 PM Apr 2015

Iran partially lifts ban on women attending sports matches

Source: AP-Excite

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have partially lifted a ban on women attending men's sports matches, a senior sports official said Saturday.

Deputy Sports Minister Abdolhamid Ahmadi said Iran's State Security Council has approved a plan by his ministry to allow women and families to attend some sports events, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday, adding that the plan would be implemented sometime this year.

Ahmadi, however, cautioned that not all matches or stadiums would allow women, but did not elaborate. Ahmadi said only that the issue would, "depend on the type of sport."

Women have been banned from attending men's sports matches since the 1979 revolution that brought hard-line Islamic clerics to power. The idea was to prevent crowds of unrelated men and women from mixing publicly. In the past, exceptions have been granted to allow foreign women living in Iran to attend matches by their visiting national teams.

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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2014 file photo, Iranian soccer supporters wave their country's flag while following a friendly match between Iran and South Korea at the Azadi, (freedom) stadium in Tehran, Iran. Iranian authorities have partially lifted a ban on women attending men's sports matches, a senior sports official said Saturday, April 4, 2015. The announcement comes after FIFA President Sepp Blatter urged Iran last month to end the "intolerable" ban on women watching football in stadiums. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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Iran partially lifts ban on women attending sports matches (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

"Women have been banned from attending men's sports matches since the 1979 revolution..." oberliner Apr 2015 #1

This is exactly what I was talking about christx30 Apr 2015 #2

Little men with little penes. Elmer S. E. Dump Apr 2015 #3

my best friend has had partial season tickets to the brewers for like 25 years now dembotoz Apr 2015 #4

The thin end of the wedge Turbineguy Apr 2015 #5

It's not much, but it is progress in the right direction davidpdx Apr 2015 #6

A step in the right direction, but not even remotely enough. Little Tich Apr 2015 #7

So we'll call for boycott of a pizza joint because they won't cater gay weddings NobodyHere Apr 2015 #8

I can remember attending sporting events in Iran in entirely mixed company, back in the old days. MADem Apr 2015 #9

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

1. "Women have been banned from attending men's sports matches since the 1979 revolution..."

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 04:39 PM

Apr 2015

That is so messed up.

christx30

(6,241 posts)

2. This is exactly what I was talking about

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 05:06 PM

Apr 2015

in another thread about needing outside forces to influence internal matters in a society.

The announcement comes after FIFA President Sepp Blatter urged Iran last month to end the "intolerable" ban on women watching football in stadiums.

They sure as hell wouldn't do it on their own. But someone in a position of influence, calling the issue and their policies into question got the ball rolling. I'm sure things aren't 100% perfect in Switzerland, but Blatter spoke the truth and got some change to happen.

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)

3. Little men with little penes.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 05:55 PM

Apr 2015

Sorry, that's the level I'm on with this insanity.

dembotoz

(16,864 posts)

4. my best friend has had partial season tickets to the brewers for like 25 years now

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 06:08 PM

Apr 2015

would love to see someone tell her she could not go

i also have seen my boys grow up in sports-hockey and soccer--so after a certain age these hockey and soccer moms could no longer attend the kids games?????????????

god there is a script for a great movie in here--wish i could write.....

Turbineguy

(37,383 posts)

5. The thin end of the wedge

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 08:48 PM

Apr 2015

The camel's nose under the tent.

OK, let's face it. It's the end of the world as we know it.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

6. It's not much, but it is progress in the right direction

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 09:29 PM

Apr 2015

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

7. A step in the right direction, but not even remotely enough.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 10:37 PM

Apr 2015

What about equal rights? Are women dangerous?

NobodyHere

(2,810 posts)

8. So we'll call for boycott of a pizza joint because they won't cater gay weddings

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 11:36 PM

Apr 2015

Why aren't we screaming to boycott a a state that executes the LGBT community?

MADem

(135,425 posts)

9. I can remember attending sporting events in Iran in entirely mixed company, back in the old days.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2015, 01:36 AM

Apr 2015

This is a big deal, though--will it take another thirty or forty years to get back to reality, I wonder? I hope not.

Women, back in the day, weren't just in the stands, they were on the teams:

http://www.parstimes.com/sports/women/history/

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