The female presence on the benches is rare in the Islamic Republic of Iran where women did not have the right to go to the stadium to watch men’s football matches.

About a hundred Iranians were exceptionally allowed to watch a game of selection team of your country against Bolivia on Tuesday in Tehran.

They were able to see Iran wins Bolivia 2-1 in a friendly game.

Earlier, a website, which specializes in sports information, explained that local authorities had authorized a limited number of women to attend the game: “members of the football team, members of the women’s football and futsal teams, football federation officials and, of course, some football supporters “could watch the match live.

Since the victory of the Islamic revolution in 1979, women were banned from attending stadiums to attend men’s soccer games, officially to protect them from the obscene words of men.

This measure was much contested in the very middle of the Iranian political system.

Iranian President Hassan Rohani, who is considered moderate, has said publicly several times that he wants to see women in the stadiums, but this change in law runs counter to the ultraconservative opposition of the government.

On June 26 of this year, thousands of women, accompanied by relatives, were allowed to enter the Azadi stadium to watch the giant-screen broadcast of the match between Iran and Portugal, on the third day of the World Cup in Russia.

In September 2017, a small number of women elected in Parliament were granted authorization to attend the qualifying match for the same World Cup between Iran and Syria.

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