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Sahar Khodayari

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Gender Female
Death5 years ago
Born Qom
Iran
Date of died September 9,2019
DiedTehran
Iran
Known forSelf-immolation in protest of her prison sentence
Iranian
Resting place Qom
Criminal penaltyImprisonment
Date of birth January 1,1990
Place of burialBeheshte Masoumeh (SA) Cemetery, Qom, Iran
NationalityIranian
Start dateSeptember 9, 2019
Location2 Tehran
Caus of deathSuicide by self-immolation
Crimin penaltiSix months' imprisonment
Die9 September 2019 ; Tehran, Iran
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Sahar Khodayari Life story


Sahar Khodayari, also known as the Blue Girl, was an Iranian woman who self-immolated in Tehran to protest the national laws banning females from attending sports events and entering stadiums since the Islamic Revolution.

Iran football: women visit the first match in decades

Feb 16,2020 6:05 am

Iranian women at a World Cup qualifying match in Tehran, after he is allowed to enter a stadium for a men's game for the First Time in decades.

women have effectively been banned from stadiums, if the men are playing since shortly after the Islamic revolution of 1979.

The Change followed the death of a fan who is himself on fire, after he was arrested for trying to start a match.

But Amnesty International described The Move on Thursday as a "cynical publicity stunt".

The Human Rights organization said there was only a "token number" of tickets for female fans, since it can be lifted all of the restrictions of the female visitor.

More Than 3,500 women bought tickets for Thursday's World Cup qualifying match against Cambodia where they were granted access to a special women-only section of the Azadi stadium. The stadium has a capacity of about 78,000.

tickets for The women that sold out reportedly within minutes.

photos from inside the stadium showed the female football fans excited waiving Iranian flags and cheered their team on. They were thrilled to see Iran win The Match 14-0.

"We had fun for Three Hours . We all laughed, some of us cried because we were so happy," a woman posted on Twitter. "We had this experience until very late in our lives, but I Am so happy for the younger girl, who came to the stadium today. "

were allowed, the women earlier in the Azadi stadium, but on Thursday was the First Time in decades, to observe that she had allowed a Game On Tehran's pitch.

The Problem of gender discrimination in the Iranian football came to global prominence last month when Sahar Khodayari , known as the "blue girls" because The Team is there to support you, set fire to himself out of court while waiting for trial for the attempted participation in a match disguised as A Man . The 29-year-old died a week later.

football's governing body Fifa has reacted and reinforced to allow the pressure on Tehran to meet its obligations to visit women's World Cup qualification games.

He said This Week , to ensure that it is "steadfast" that women play access to all of the football in Iran.

"It's not just a game. We will not turn our eyes away from this," the Fifa head of education and social responsibility, Joyce Cook, told BBC Sport.

"We have company, and agrees that all of the fans is equal, including women, to visit. "

Saudi Arabia last year as part of a loosening of the strict rules for the equality of the separation of the ultra-conservative Muslim Country .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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