IRGC Arrests Several Young Women For Entering Sports Stadium
IRGC Arrests Several Young Women For Entering Sports Stadium The IRGC ( Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ) arrested several young women for attempting to enter Iranian stadiums and transferred them to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The arrests are said to have taken place upon the president of the Football Federation in Iran, Mehdi Taj’s request from the Revolutionary Guards’ Intelligence Agency to prevent girls from attempting to enter stadiums in Iran for the 2022 World Cup qualification matches. The IRGC Intelligence forces arrested several young women on August 12, 2019, who circumvented Iran’s ban on women in stadiums by entering a stadium disguised as men to watch a football match. Zahra Khoshnavaz, Leili Maleki, and Hedieh Marvasti are among those who were arrested. Forough Alaei, a photographer for Donya-ye Eqtesad is also among those arrested. In recent years, Zahra Khoshnavaz had gone into Azadi Stadium many times wearing male clothes to watch her favorite team ...