Petition updateSupport Iranian Women to Watch Sports in Stadiums (#NoBan4Women)

Keep the Pressure on FiFA to Demand IRAN End the Stadium Ban

MaryamIran
May 30, 2018
President Rouhani has again stated his support to end the stadium ban, but he does not have the power to end this discriminatory rule on his own. We're calling on FIFA president Gianni Infantino to use HIS POWER to demand IRAN stop the ban before the World Cup begins on June 14. Please help keep the pressure on FIFA by sharing this petition and showing Mr. Infantino that people around the world value sport and human rights. Discrimination against Iranian women must end! From the article: Iranian authorities had said the ban was needed to "protect" women and Islamic norms. The atmosphere in sports stadiums, it has been argued, is inappropriate for Iranian women because of the revealing nature of the athletes' uniforms and the prevalence of crude language at the events. But Rohani argued that as long as Iranian women wore the hijab and maintained their chastity, it could only be a win-win for the Islamic republic. "I do not understand why some people have the view that the less women are present in society, on the streets, in the universities, in the hospitals, in the sports arenas, and as teachers, the better the people can protect their faith," Rohani said, according to his official website. "That is strange. Then why has God created women?
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