IRNA The bylaw for womens presence in the athletic stadiums has been drafted to facilitate the conditions, said Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs. We need to move forward step by step, there should be no room for worrying, said Masoumh Ebtakar. Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and especially in the recent years,...

Tehran, May 8, The Iran Project Womens entry into sporting arenas remains illegal, says the spokesman of the law enforcement force in a press conference on Sunday. Answering a question about womens presence in sports stadiums, Spokesman Brigadier General Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi said nothing has been notified by the Interior Ministry yet, adding ...

Tehran, June 9, The Iran Project Iran will not allow any illegal rally against women's presenceat male sporting events and those who violate it will face justice, says Government Spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht in a press conference on Tuesday. Answering a question about whether the government allows staging rallies against womens entry into ...

Tehran, June 13, The Iran Project There is no need to raise the issues of womens presence in sports stadiums and holding concerts in the current situation of the country, Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi said in a meeting with Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari in Qom on Saturday. Senior cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazitold visiting Brigadier ...

Tehran, June 16, The Iran Project No new decision has been made about women attending sporting events, Irans Interior Minister announced on Tuesday. No new decision has been made about womens attendance at sports stadiums, Irans Interior Minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli told the reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the countrys election ...

Tehran, June 23, The Iran Project Irans Parliamentary fraction of women has reacted to the recent remarks of vice president for Women and Family Affairs that scolded hardliners over volleyball ban for female fans. Irans Parliamentary fraction of women reacted to Molaverdis recent note in Facebook in which she condemned conservative hardliners ...

Tehran, June 28, The Iran Project - The chairman of Tehran Islamic seminaries council says given the improper physical and moral conditions of stadiums for women, their presence in sports arenas is not to the interest of society. The chairman of Tehran Islamic seminaries council Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Rashad said womens presence in sports arenas is ...

One of Iran's female vice presidents launched a furious attack Saturday on "sanctimonious" groups whose threats of violent confrontation at a volleyball match ultimately prompted a clampdown on women spectators. The remarks from Shahindokht Molaverdi, whose brief covers women and family affairs, could inflame a weeks-long row between the government ...

The international volleyball federation says it has received assurances from Iran that women will be allowed to attend a world league match in Tehran on Friday amid concerns that the country might backtrack at the last minute. Womens rights activists have complained that Iran appeared to be retreating from an earlier decision to ease restrictions ...

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An official with the Tehran Provincial Sports and Youth Department said Tuesday that planning has been made for more than 500 Iranian women to attend and watch the FIVB World League Finals which are to be held in Tehran later in June and July. Fatemeh Salimi further said the security departments at the ministries of interior and sports and youth ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A limited number of Iranian women will be allowed to watch Volleyball World League games in Tehran later this month, a senior government official has told The Associated Press, part of a government move to allow women and families to attend male sporting events. Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi,...