‘I cried when I saw the pitch,’ say Iranian women finally allowed in stadium
Although Iran just missed out on qualifying for the World Cup’s final 16, its fans have a lot to be cheerful about. Not only did ‘Team Melli’, the country’s national team,
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Iranian fans frustrated by lack of coverage of women’s futsal
In Iran, futsal is a very popular sport. But when the national women’s team won the Asia Futsal Championship for the second time, very few Iranians were able to see images
The ‘un-Islamic’ girls’ dance that shocked Iranian hardliners
A video of girls dancing on a stage, while a crowd cheers them on, has caused an uproar in Iran. This dance took place at an event organized by the Tehran municipality,
Tehran police’s plan to discourage veil protesters backfires
In the last few months, Iranian women have begun to publicly take a stand against the law that forces them to wear a veil in public. Hundreds have protested in the same way
Women boldly protest hijab law in Iran’s streets
According to the “first follower” theory, the first follower is just as important to the development of a movement as its initiator. That certainly seems to be the case in Iran,
Virginity pills and surgery: Iran’s fake hymen industry
In Iran, many people believe that it is important for women to be virgins on their wedding day. Even so, many women do have sex before marriage.
Iranian women don beards and makeup to sneak into football matches
Though women are banned from attending men’s football matches in Iran, this doesn’t stop them from trying to sneak in by using an array of tricks,
The Iranian singers shrugging off their headscarves
Once part of Iran’s underground scene, several female Iranian singers have become more daring of late. They’ve shrugged off their headscarves,
Syrian women allowed at World Cup match, Iranian women banned
A lot of Iranians — especially Iranian women — were outraged at the double standards demonstrated by the organisers of the 2018 World Cup qualifying match
High-end fashion from Afghanistan’s ‘Coco Chanel’
For many people, fashion in Afghanistan means women in burqas and men with full-length beards, not dynamic young fashion designers.
Ershad Alijani 