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Iran's women's football team to play Belarus - Tehran Times (November 1, 2022)
Iran: Women attend first league match for 40 years - BBC (August 26, 2022)
'Change the vision': Iran Women push to break football barriers amid fan ban - The Guardian (April 14, 2022)
Plucky Iran held India in AFC Women?s Asian Cup 2022 - Tehran Times (January 21, 2022)
Iran coach Irandoost looks for AFC Women's Asian Cup knockout stage - Tehran Times (December 28, 2021
Iran women's goalkeeper Koudaei to lodge complaint against Jordan's FA - Tehran Times (November 17, 2021
Players urge Fifa to change 'deeply discriminatory' women's futsal policy - The Guardian (September 11, 2021)
Iran's women's football team to play Uzbekistan - Tehran Times (August 22, 2021)
Friendly: Iran's women's team fall short against Belarus - Tehran Times (June 9, 2021)
Iran's women return to FIFA ranking - Tehran Times (April 17, 2021)
Maryam Shojaei, trailblazer for women in Iran to watch men's soccer, earns Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award - ESPN (June 16, 2020)
Iran's women's football team 70th in FIFA rankings - Tehran Times (March 28, 2020)
Thousands of Iranian women watch football match for first time - The Guardian (October 10, 2019)
FIFA tells Iran: Women have to be allowed into soccer stadiums - CNN (September 19, 2019)
Iran To Let Women Attend Men's World Cup Qualifier In October - RFE/RL (August 25, 2019)
Maryam Shojaei helps Iran's female football fans carry fight for admission - The Guardian (August 13, 2019)
Iran Poised To Lift Ban On Women At Men's Soccer Games - RFE/RL (August 9, 2019)
Maryam Irandoost: Fighting for women's football in Iran - DW (August 2, 2019)
Katayoun Khosrowyar: Meet the Iranian-American athlete leading a football revolution - The Independent (May 19, 2019)
Undercover: female football fans in Iran - The Guardian (April 15, 2019)
Iran needs youth league for talent identification: Katayoun Khosrowyar - Tehran Times (February 12, 2019)
Iran's national stadium to host women's soccer team - AFP (December 30, 2018)
FIFA under pressure over Iran's female football fans - BBC (November 28, 2018)
Iran opens door to women at football but will anything really change? - The Guardian (November 21, 2018)
Iran women attend Asian Champions League football final - BBC (November 10, 2018)
The coach transforming IR Iran's women's game - FIFA (October 30, 2018)
Iran women attend international football match - France24 (October 16, 2018)
This American woman swapped Tulsa for Tehran - USA Today (August 29, 2018)
Meanwhile in ... Iran, women's soccer is making progress moving toward the 2022 Olympics in Beijing - CS Monitor (July 19, 2018)
Katayoun Khosrowyar leading a women's football revolution in Iran - Sky Sports (June 6, 2018)
Disguised women sneak into Iranian football match - BBC (May 1, 2018)
Iran detains 35 women for going to football match - BBC (March 1, 2018)
Iranian women refused entry to match despite holding tickets - BBC (September 5, 2017)
Iran football ticket 'glitch' gave female fans hope - BBC (September 4, 2017)
Iranian soccer star banned for not wearing hijab in exhibition game - RT (April 27, 2017)
Women in Iran dress as men in bid to watch soccer game - USA Today (February 16, 2017)
Sweden 7-0 Iran - WSU (October 21, 2016) | Video
How an Iranian woman snuck into a football stadium only open to men - Observers (May 19, 2016)
Iranian Soccer Star Wins Right To Leave Country After Husband Said No - HP (November 23, 2015)
Eight of Iran's women's football team 'are men' - Telegraph (September 30, 2015)
Iran women's football captain to miss tournament after husband 'refuses to let her go' - The Independent (September 16, 2015)
Footballer calls for easing of women's travel laws - BBC (September 15, 2015)
In Iran, a Women's Soccer Revolution - WSJ (August 24, 2015)
Iran allows women to watch volleyball - but not football, swimming or wrestling - AP (June 9, 2015)
Iran eases ban on women visiting sport events - DW (April 4, 2015)
Activists call for boycott of Sweden-Iran friendly - Sverigesradio (March 29, 2015)
Fifa's Sepp Blatter calls on Iran to end stadium ban for women - The Guardian (March 6, 2015)
Iranian women stand united in protest and hope at Asian Cup - The Guardian (January 23, 2015)
Defying ban, Iranian women watch World Cup with men in public - CNN (June 23, 2014)
Fifa allows wearing of head covers for religious reasons - BBC (March 1, 2014)
Iranian women footballers to undergo gender tests - Telegaph (February 7, 2014)
Interview with Director of Football Under Cover Ayat Najafi - UCLA (October 14, 2012)
Iran's women football fans dream of a return to the terraces - BBC (May 16, 2012)
Iran's female footballers in action after head scarf ban lifted - RT (May 10, 2012)
Iran lift WAFF Women futsal title - AFC (April 14, 2012)
Referee refuses to officiate French woman's football match where players wore Muslim headscarves - RFI (March 19, 2012)
Velcro's dramatic save leads football to lift ban on hijab - The Independent (March 4, 2012)
UN Urges Women Footballers To Be Allowed To Wear Head Scarves - RFE/RL (February 12, 2012)
Iran's Women's Soccer Team's Modest Uniforms - Time Magazine (September 1, 2011)
FIFA broke our hearts: Iranian women's football team captain - Mehr News (June 22, 2011)
FIFA say Iran's women were warned about dress - Reuters (June 6, 2011)
Iranian government bans new women's football kit - Telegraph (July 8, 2010)
Fifa allows Iran girl footballers to cover their heads - BBC (May 3, 2010)
Ardallani has big plans for women in Iran - AFC (March 10, 2010)
No Boys Vs. Girls In Iran - RFE (January 26, 2009)
Mixed footie match angers Iran - BBC (January 26, 2009)
Football Under Cover - NPR (June 17, 2008)
Soccer under the Veil - Qantara (February 2, 2008)
Offside: A Film by Jaffar Panahi - PR (March 23, 2007)
Iran's female fans yet to win equality - BBC (June 6, 2006)
Iran Cancels Women's Football Game in Berlin - Speigel (June 1, 2006)
Women and football in Iran - BBC (May 25, 2006)
Iran Bans Women from Attending Men's Soccer Games - NPR (May 17, 2006)
Iran women sports ruling vetoed - BBC (May 8, 2006)
Sporting chance for Iranian women - BBC (April 24, 2006)
Iran clergy angry over women fans - BBC (April 26, 2006)
Between Skepticism, Pragmatism, and Gentle Protest - Qantara (March 29, 2006)
Sport and the scarf - BBC (December 9, 2005
Women's futsal breaks down barriers in Iran - FIFA (October 27, 2005)
Iranian women kick out against football ban - The Guardian (June 6, 2005)
Iran's sportswomen adapt to religious custom - BBC (August 16, 2004)
The Development of Women's Football in Iran (2003 Paper)
Iran's women fans await stadium access - BBC (September 22, 2002)
Is sexism rife in sport? - BBC (November 15, 2001)
Sexual harmony aim for football - BBC (November 15, 2001)
Nasser Hejazi "I hope some day I can watch my daughter play" - BBC (November 15, 2001)
Iranian women take to the field - BBC (March 3, 1999)

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History
History of women's soccer in Iran
Taj Club Girls Soccer Team - Tehran 1970s (Gallery)
women's soccer in Iran (Gallery)
Women's Soccer History (Footballdokht)
The Development of Women's Football in Iran. A Perspective on the Future for Women's Sport in the Islamic Republic

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