It refers to the subservience and silence that is expected of Iranian women and girls, and among the brave exiles interviewed are Zeinab Sahafi, whose love of football led her to infiltrate games ...

For years, Iran’s Mahsa Ghorbani, a pioneering women’s football referee, stood resiliently against social and government restrictions, until she no longer could, and left her home country for ...

After calls for Iran to be banned from the 2022 World Cup because of the continued exclusion of women from football matches in the Islamic republic, Infantino adopted a policy of personal ...

The defender has also played club football in Qatar and Belgium. According to Islamic law in Iran, which was enacted shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, men and women are banned from making ...

The defender has also played club football in Qatar and Belgium. According to Islamic law in Iran, which was enacted shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, men and women are banned from making ...