Iran will allow women access to watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in October according to reports from the country. There has been a blanket ban on women entering football stadiums in the country since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Football governing body FIFA has been trying to apply pressure on the country’s football association FFIRI to lift the ban. FIFA president Gianni Infantino had writing a letter to the FFIRI to seek a resolution towards the ban ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
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