"This year, one of the prominent features of this league... is that we will witness the entry of women into stadiums," says Mehdi Taj, head of Iran’s Football Federation.
He speaks during a live broadcast of the draw ceremony for the upcoming season of Iran’s top-level soccer league. The 16-team tournament is set to begin next month.
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has largely barred female spectators from soccer and other sports stadiums since the Islamic revolution of 1979, despite no law banning their participation.
Clerics, who play a major role in decision-making in Iran, have argued that women must be shielded from the masculine atmosphere and sight of semi-clad male athletes.
Some officials have blamed lacking infrastructure in sports facilities.
Taj says some stadiums in the cities of Isfahan, Kerman and Ahvaz — but not the capital Tehran — are "ready" to host women.
In August, women were allowed for the first time in years to attend a national soccer championship match, when Tehran club Esteghlal took on Mes Kerman.
In another rare instance in October 2019, some 4,000 women were allowed to attend Iran’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against Cambodia at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.
Iran has faced mounting pressure to allow women into matches after the 2019 death of soccer fan Sahar Khodayari, who set herself on fire for fear of being placed in durance vile
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after trying to attend a match disguised as a man.
Khodayari became known as the "blue girl" after the colors of her favorite team, Esteghlal.