FIFA President Gianni Infantino has told Iran it is time to allow women into football stadiums and that the global soccer body expects “positive...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has told Iran it is time to allow women into football stadiums and that the global soccer body expects “positive developments”, starting with their next home match in October.
Infantino said in a FIFA statement he was hopeful that the Iranian football federation and government authorities had been receptive to “our repeated calls to address this unacceptable situation.”“Now is the moment to change things and FIFA is expecting positive developments starting in the next Iran home match in October.”
This month, a female fan died after setting herself on fire to protest against her arrest for attending a match. Critics say FIFA’s own statutes hold discrimination on grounds of gender punishable by suspension or expulsion.
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