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Amnesty – Responding to reports that a young woman who set herself on fire after being summoned to court to face charges after trying to enter a football stadium in Tehran has died from her injuries in hospital, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director, Philip Luther, said:What happened to Sahar Khodayari is heart-breaking and exposes …

CHRI – No More Empty Promises: FIFA Should Call on Iran to Lift Ban Once and For All The death of Sahar Khodayari, a woman who set herself on fire in Tehran because she thought she would have to serve jail time for trying to watch a soccer match, has put the spotlight on the costs of a discriminatory state policy …

PayvandNews – Iran national basketball team advanced to the 2020 Olympic Games after beating the Philippines in the 2019 FIBA World Cup classification round on Sunday. FIBA✔@FIBA @IranBasketball return to the @Olympics for the first time since 2008 in Beijing! #Tokyo2020 http://go.fiba.basketball/NGR_IRI_Tokyo2020 … 1682:10 AM – Sep 9, 2019Twitter Ads info and privacy46 people are talking about this In the match …

RFL/RE – A world-class Iranian archer is seeking asylum in Europe, the second athlete from Iran in recent weeks to refuse to return to his country. Puriya Jallalipur stayed in the Netherlands after competing in the World Archery Para Championship that took place in the city of Den Bosch from June 3 to June 9.Officials confirmed Jallalipur was still in Europe as …

Radiofarda – A young woman who set herself on fire on September 1 outside the public prosecutor’s office in Tehran is among football-starved Iranian women detained outside Iran’s main sports arena, Azadi stadium. “The 29-year-old is suffering from third-degree burns, and currently under life support,” says the CEO/president of Motahari Emergency and Burns hospital in the Iranian capital city. Meanwhile, …

RFL/RE – Iran wishes to move its September 10 soccer World Cup qualifying match in Hong Kong to a neutral venue given the anti-government protests there that have sometimes paralyzed the city and delayed flights at the airport.Homeira Asadi, head of the international affairs department of Iran’s soccer federation, told dpa news agency on September 2 that world soccer governing …

PayvandNews – Iranian taekwondo team won the team kyorugi event competition of 2019 Martial Arts Masterships in South Korea. In the final bout, the Iranian team overpowered Russia 26-14 to obtain the title and also to secure 2020 Tokyo Olympics quota where team kyorugi will be held as a test event. In the group stage, Iran defeated South Korea 28-11 …

Radiofarda – Iranian judo star Saeid Mollaei, who claimed he was ordered to deliberately lose a world championship fight, could compete under a different flag at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the sport’s governing body said Sunday. International Judo Federation (IJF) president Marius Vizer has thrown his support behind former world champion Mollaei, who complained he had been instructed by Iranian …

radiofarda – The hero of Iranian judo whose recent loss to a Georgian in world competitions was dubbed as the biggest surprise in judo in 2019 has requested asylum in Germany. Saeid Mollaei lost a match in obvious indifference not to face an Israeli judoka in world competitions in Tokyo in August, based on a rule in the Islamic Republic …

Gaurdian – Gianni Infantino’s efforts have not had much impact and, with World Cup qualifiers soon, the wait to attend games continues Suzanne Wrack  Despite vocal opposition, Iran’s authorities are yet to relax their 40-year ban on women entering football grounds. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images “They think that, if they give up on this, it’s a noose for them,” says …