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Iran thrashed Cambodia in their World Cup qualifier on the day women were officially allowed into the ground to watch the match for the first time in 40 years. Four goals from Karim Ansarifard, a hat-trick from Sardar Azmoun and two each from Mehdi Taremi and Mohammad Mohebi did most of the damage to the Cambodians, though the result will much less historically significant than the attendance. While a handful of women had watched a men's game before, they had been pre-selected by authorities; this was the first time women had been allowed to buy tickets on general sale, although they were restricted to their own section. Around 3, tickets were sold for the special women's section at the game, which was full a whole hour before the match started - with the rest of the stadium virtually empty. The pressure on Iran to allow women to watch football matches without restriction had already been increasing after Fifa brought in statutes that banned countries from discriminating against fans on the basis of gender, but the death of Sahar Khodayari - known as the "blue girl" - after her arrest while trying to watch a domestic football game made Fifa insist they would "stand firm" over women being let in.
Could Tehran be a future knowledge hub to match Beijing or Delhi?
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When putting together a list of cities in developing countries likely to emerge as potential research and knowledge hubs in the next few years, Tehran may not necessarily be on the tip of your tongue. But a new slant on bibliometric data has identified the capital of Iran to be potentially as important as Beijing or Delhi in terms of cities growing their academic international collaboration in certain fields. According to data presented at the Going Global conference in London last week, researchers in the city are also producing more papers per academic than some other peer cities. Its universities are also successfully reaching out in terms of establishing academic collaborations across the world.
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AFC is determined to resume continental football competitions this year, despite the Covid pandemic, although matches might have to be played behind closed the doors. Iran lost the matches against Bahrain and Iraq in first leg with Marc Wilmots at helm.
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Iranian women watch World Cup match in Tehran stadium despite ban
After a nearly forty-year ban, hundreds of Iranian women were allowed to attend an international soccer final at a stadium in Tehran on Saturday, where they managed to secure nearly one percent of the seats at Azadi Stadium. Saturday's event -- the Asian Champions League final pitting an Iranian team known as Persepolis against a Japanese squad called the Kashima Antlers saw the most significant female presence at a top soccer match in Iran since the Islamic revolution in the late s. Iranian conservatives have persistently been opposed to women attending live sports matches, but cultural pressure has been steadily building against the ban. Besides, pressures from international bodies seeking Iran's compliance with their required equality standards have occasionally forced Iranian authorities to let at least a small group of women in. The practice invited widespread criticism by social media users who alleged that there were select groups of women attending the stadium to fulfill international expectations, an allegation denied by authorities. Like most other women at the stadium who spoke with ABC News, Yalda declined to provide her last name for fear of retaliation over a still very contentious national debate in Iran. Outside the U. S, soccer is known as football. She and a group of about fans had to pass three gates before entering the stadium -- each one of which kept their hopes of getting in hanging in the balance.
Iran has "guaranteed" that at least 3, female fans will be allowed into the stadium for an upcoming soccer match with Cambodia amid the "explicit demand" of the sport's global governing body. The ticket office had initially set up one section of the stands for female spectators, but IRNA reported that "the tickets sold out in less than an hour," leading officials to increase seating for women at the World Cup qualifier match.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says soccer's world governing body "cannot wait any more" and has been "assured" by Tehran that the authorities will allow women spectators into the arena when Iran hosts its next international match. The delegation "discussed the need to open stadiums for women to attend national matches. In that respect, FIFA announced that it will, based on the operational plans and results of the [October 10] game, collaborate with the FFIRI in developing an operational protocol and related requirements for matches in the Iranian football league to be opened for women as well.
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It is widely considered the major crosstown derby in the Persian Gulf Pro League. This match was declared as the most important derby in Asia and 22nd most important derby in the world in June by World Soccer magazine. Taking place at least twice during the year via the league fixtures, this cross-town rivalry has extended to the Hazfi Cup , as well as in minor tournaments and friendlies. The largest victory belongs to Persepolis with winning 6—0. The first derby match between the teams took place on April 5, , at Amjadieh Stadium , where the game finished as a scoreless draw. At the time, Esteghlal was known as Taj SC. Both clubs were relatively young but Persepolis had a solid fan base, because of its close association to the once popular Shahin club. The rivalry between Shahin and Taj was transferred to its current stage when the Shahin club had to cease operations due to poor relations with the IFF. Over time, the rivalry became more heated and club fans began attaining collective identities. By the mids Persepolis was seen as a working class club, while Taj was viewed as a club close to the ruling establishment and supported by the upper class of Iranian society. Persepolis fans outnumbered Esteghlal fans by large numbers at the time. Due to the sensitive nature of the matches, fan violence has occurred several times. In minor cases, fans break chairs or throw garbage at the field, but in some cases, fans have stormed the field of play, physical fights between opposing teams and fans have broken out, and public property has been destroyed.
