"FIFA" is on the thread of the case of the young Iranian woman who burned herself

FIFA plans to send an official delegation to Iran to study the possibility of allowing women to access football stadiums to watch matches.

A FIFA delegation will soon travel to Iran to speed up preparations for women to enter football stadiums for the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifying matches in October. the FIA ​​to AFP.

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 Oct. 10 in the Qualifying doubles of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the Asian Cup 2023 in China.

According to a source familiar with the matter, the delegation will be made up of three people representing FIFA's competition and security departments. According to the same source, the delegation will meet officials of the Iranian Football Federation, refusing to confirm any discussions with the Iranian authorities.

The decision came one week after young Sahar Khaddiyari, dubbed the "Blue Girl", burned herself on September 2 in a Tehran court for fear of being jailed for trying to enter a stadium. disguised as a man.

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Since the 1979 revolution, Iranian women have been banned from stadiums and religious justify the ban by protecting them from the "masculine atmosphere".

Last year, authorities arrested Khaddiyari, 30, while she was trying to break into a stadium dressed to watch her favorite team, "Independence," said her sister, quoted by Farshish 3 Sports News .

The newspaper said that the woman, nicknamed "the blue girl" because of the colors of the Independence team, had set her body on fire in court last week after hearing that someone One would tell her that she would be jailed for six months.

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

Source: AFP

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