IN PHOTOS: Women Finally Allowed in Iranian Football Stadium
Iranian officials opened the gates of Tehran's Azadi football stadium to women along with men on Wednesday for a live, big-screen broadcast of the Iranian men's team facing Spain in Kazan, Russia. Thousands of people attended the screening of the World Cup first-round match, which Spain won 1-0. Iran's Islamist rulers, who took power in a 1979 revolution, have barred women from attending some men's sporting events, especially football, since the early 1980s. Wednesday's screening was the first time they have allowed women to watch a telecast of a men's football match at Azadi stadium.
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