Over 1,000 Iranian Women were in attendance to watch the Kashima Antlers of Japan play the Iranian Persepolis. Although the Antlers won the game 2-0 and the Asian Champions in Tehran, the real story here was about the women in the crowd.
FIFA has been working with officials in Iran to lift a ban that restricted women from attending sports events in Iran. This has been the policy there since the Islamic Revolution took place in 1979.
Nooz Buffet 