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Iran Focus
 Tehran,
Iran, Mar. 02 – Iran’s State Security Forces attacked female football fans in
Tehran on Wednesday after they held a defiant protest against the government
decision to ban women from football stadiums.
Dozens of young women, who had bought tickets and hoped to cheer on their
national team, were all banned from entering Tehran’s Azadi
Stadium. The ban has been in force for years, but a few dozen women have
challenged it in recent months. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s hard-line government recently decided to
enforce the ban more strongly.
After being refused entry into the stands, the women organised
a demonstration outside the stadium and quickly brought to the scene banners
which read, “Azadi Stadium: 100,000 men-only arena”
and “We also want to cheer on our national team”
They were immediately threatened with arrest by police who had been placed on
standby.
Within minutes, the security forces started to attack the teenage girls and
young women. They were all forced into a bus and driven away.
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