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Tag: Women and Sports in Iran
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Iran Cherry Picked Women Soccer Spectators to Please FIFA
Iranian authorities claim that tickets were sold to 2000 women. Women’s rights groups however, say that women spectators were preselected from women who support…
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Women’s sports in Iran after the Revolution
Zamaneh Media talks to Tonia Valioghli about the situation of women’s sports in Iran before and after the Revolution and the recent controversy emerging…
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Iranian Women Athletes Excluded from Bodybuilding
Head of Iran’s Bodybuilding Federation announced that women bodybuilders and their four male coaches who arranged for them to participate in international competitions have…
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Iranian Women’s Cycling Barred by Law or Sharia?
Tehran police forcefully dispersed a crowd of cyclists who had gathered in Tehran’s Laleh park for a weekly gathering of the Tuesdays: No Car…
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Iranian women sports spectators: in or out?
Images of spectators participating in the third week of the world volleyball championships in Tehran revealed a number of women inside the stadium.