“One of the main novelties of this season is that women will be able to enter the stadiums”, revealed Mehdi Taj, president of the local football federation, during the draw ceremony for the competition, which will have a total of 16 teams.
In August 2022, women were exceptionally allowed to watch the game between Esteghlal, who at the time was coached by the Portuguese Ricardo Sá Pinto, and Mes Kerman, as well as in March 2023, when the Iranian national team faced Russia, in a private challenge, played at Azadi Stadium, in Tehran.
However, for more than 40 years, women were prohibited from attending matches in stadiums, but in the face of pressure from FIFA, in 2019, a female audience was allowed in the national team’s international matches, which happened for the first time since the Islamic Revolution of 2019. 1979.
The organization’s president confirmed that some stadiums in the cities of Isfahan, Kerman and Ahvaz are “ready” to receive spectators during matches. On the other hand, it did not name any stadium in the capital Tehran.
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