Malavan Soccer Club Requests Presence Of Women In Stadium

Iran’s Premier League football club Malavan Bandar Anzali FC says the national football federation has rejected its request to host female fans in its stadium for a match against Tractor FC on April 15. The club of Bandar Anzali, in northern Iran, apologized to its female fans on April 14 for their continued exclusion from Sirous Ghayeghran stadium. For more than four decades, Iran's clerical establishment has opposed the idea of women being allowed in stadiums with male fans.