I was blocked and banner was confiscated yesterday before the Iran vs Spain match

Your support for #NoBan4Women has succeeded in raising worldwide visibility for the discriminatory ban against Iranian women. I was able to raise the banner at the first game and images were widely shared in social media and traditional news. Please follow my allies @EQLeague and @OpenStadiums for latest news. Although yesterday was very difficult and upsetting, I know this means that our work is making a difference. Please continue to share the petition. I appreciate your support! From the article: “When I was trying to get in with my banner security told me I can’t take it in,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Kazan. “I showed them my approval. They searched me and held me two hours and took the banner.” A spokeswoman for FIFA said world football’s governing body was looking into the matter as were the LOC and Russian public security authorities. “We can confirm that banners supporting female presence in the stadiums in IR Iran were approved by FIFA and the LOC through the formal procedure ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and have already been displayed in the match Morocco vs IR Iran in Saint Petersburg,” the spokeswoman said in emailed comments. “The banners are considered by FIFA to express a social appeal as opposed to a political slogan and were therefore not prohibited under the relevant regulations.”