Al Watan Sport "She tried to burn herself." The blue girl pushed FIFA to move to Iran

FIFA has confirmed that it will soon send an official delegation to Iran to study the possibility of allowing women to access football stadiums to watch matches.

According to an International Federation of Agence France-Presse: "A FIFA delegation will soon be in Iran to speed up the preparations for women to enter football stadiums, to attend the next World Cup playoff matches (2022) next October ".

FIFA has not revealed the date of its visit, but Iran, which participated in the 2018 Russia World Cup, will host at home Cambodia, ranked 107th in the world, on 1 October in the world. Qualifying doubles of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the Asian Cup 2023 in China.

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This decision comes a week after a young woman dubbed the "blue girl" burned herself in court after being jailed for six months for trying to enter a Tehran stadium disguised as a man.

The French agency, which relies on a source close to the file, the delegation will be composed of three people representing the sections competitions and security of "FIFA".

According to the same source, the delegation will meet officials of the Iranian Football Federation, refusing to confirm any discussions with the Iranian authorities.

Since the 1979 revolution, Iranian women have been banned from entering the stadiums and clerics justified the ban by protecting them from "male climates" and "seeing men softened by some of their clothes".

Authorities arrested Sahar Khudairi last year while she was trying to break into a stadium dressed to watch her favorite team, "Independence," said her sister, according to Farshish 3 Sports News.

The woman, nicknamed "the blue girl" because of the colors of the Independence team, burned her in court last week, after hearing someone say that She would be imprisoned for six months, the agency said.

But Mizan Online said on Tuesday that there had been no verdict against the woman because her trial had not yet taken place and the judge was on leave.

Massouma Ebtekar, vice president of women's affairs and family, sent a letter to the justice official asking for an investigation, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Khudairi's death provoked outrage from social media. Many have asked FIFA to prohibit Iran from banning international competitions and supporters from boycotting matches.

There were scenes on social networking sites called "Khudair", while in the hospital, they were covered with a thick layer of bandages.

Iranian footballer Ali Karimi has called his 4.5 million followers on Instagram to boycott the stadiums until further notice.

"The women of our country are better than men," he wrote next to a woman portrait, while the Independence Club expressed sadness for his death.