Iranian women allowed into football stadiums but journey is far from over In December 3,000 women watched the Tehran derby but seats are often poor and there is a limit to how many can attend The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024
FIFA facing demands to ban England's World Cup opponents Iran with replacement lined up FIFA are under considerable pressure to remove Iran from this year's World Cup in Qatar for allegedly supplying Russia with weapons and for their ill-treatment of women Daily Mirror · Oct 24, 2022
England asked to boycott World Cup opener and "refuse to give Iran global stage" Iranian women face “daily harassment, arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment” and the recent death of Mahsa Amini has led to more than 130 protestors being killed - but FIFA have ignored campaigners' calls for expulsion Daily Mirror · Oct 10, 2022
Turmoil at Home Swirls around Iran Team Ahead of World Cup Political issues are swirling around the Iran men’s football team amid turmoil on the streets at home just weeks before the World Cup where it will play the United States, Wales and England. At home in Iran, two weeks of demonstrations and a violent crackdown by state authorities have followed… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 1, 2022
Turmoil at home swirls around Iran team ahead of World Cup Political issues are swirling around the Iran men’s soccer team amid turmoil on the streets at home after the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022
FIFA face demands to expel Iran from World Cup 52 days before facing England in Qatar Campaign group say country's FA has broken statutes three and four of FIFA's code amid horrific violence across country and gesture of solidarity from national team Daily Mirror · Sep 30, 2022
Soccer-Women's rights group calls on FIFA to kick Iran out of World Cup Rights group Open Stadiums have called on FIFA to throw Iran out of the World Cup finals in Qatar in November because of the country's treatment of women. Reuters · Sep 30, 2022