Banned from the stands.

PositionIRAN - Brief article

This spring, for the first time since the Islamic revolution in 1979, Iranian women were allowed to enter a stadium and root for their country's national soccer team--although the women sat in a section apart from the men. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had unexpectedly lifted a ban that barred women from attending major sporting events. "Certain prejudices against women have nothing to do with Islam," he said. But on May 8, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei-the Muslim cleric who is Iran's supreme leader--rescinded the president's decision. Under Iran's system of clerical rule, Khamenei has final say on all government policy. Senior clerics determined that rowdy...

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