Iran Bans Women From Watching The World Cup

Authorities in Iran banned women from entering
most sporting events following the 1979 Islamic
Revolution because mixed crowds enjoying
games was deemed un-Islamic.
According to CNN,for the past 35 years, the
crowds at football games, Iran's most popular
sport have been all male.Iranian women were
briefly allowed to attend volleyball matches
during the presidency of moderate Mohammad
Khatami but the ban was reinstated in 2005 when
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power.
In an apparent effort to avoid mixed crowds
watching this year's World Cup, authorities
warned restaurants not to broadcast games.The
president of the Coffee Shop Owners Union told
ISNA news agency that
“we have told our members that during the
World Cup games they must either turn the
TV off or switch to a channel which is not
broadcasting the games.”