January 10, 2003
Iran Freedom Watch: Will we see cheerleaders in hot pants next?
Iranian football club admits female fans
An Iranian football club has allowed female fans to watch a men's match for the first time in years.
A small group of women were admitted to the Iran Khodro stadium in the capital Tehran on Thursday, to see a first division match involving the hosts Paykan.
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Since the 1979 revolution, Iranian women have been banned from attending men's sporting events.
What with this fan "reform"
and this one to allow lady cops, and this one to stop the stoning of lady adulterers to death, all enacted within the last few weeks, it looks as if women's rights in Iran are looking a lot better, but I wouldn't bet on it.
I think the Khatami government is throwing these out as sops to the masses in response to their massive and persistent protests for real governmental change for the last year or more.
It's definitely appears to be a case of too little, too late for the Ayatollah Khomeini's state to enact even democratic-like reforms!
Let's keep an eye on this member of the Axis of Evil for sure: change is definitely underway and we can only hope it's régime change.
