Iran partially lifts ban on women attending sports matches
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Iranian authorities have partially lifted a ban on women attending men's sports matches, a senior sports official said Saturday.
Deputy Sports Minister Abdolhamid Ahmadi said Iran's State Security Council has approved a plan by his ministry to allow women and families to attend some sports events, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
Women have been banned from attending men's sports matches since the 1979 revolution that brought hard-line Islamic clerics to power.
