Iranian women will be allowed to watch a football match at the stadium for the time in two years. They will be able to watch their men’s football team in a World Cup qualifier against South Korea on Tuesday, October 12th, 2021.
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The decision to allow women into the stadium was confirmed by Yahoo News on October 4th, 2021. Football fans were not allowed into the stadium for over a year due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The last time women were allowed into a stadium in Iran to watch a football match was in October 2019 when Iran beat Cambodia 14-0.
Women were first banned from entering stadia in Iran after the Islamic revolution in 1979.
