Tehran: The website of Iran’s main stadium was hacked on Wednesday with a demand that women be allowed to watch football matches, a day after female lawmakers were permitted to attend.
Iran’s nail-biting World Cup qualifier against Syria in Tehran’s Azadi stadium was notable for more than just the last-minute equaliser by the visiting team. The presence of at least two female lawmakers was thought to be the first time Iranian women were allowed to watch a men’s match since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The next day, the ISNA news agency said the stadium website had been hacked, with a banner placed across the front page for several hours saying: “Let Iranian women enter their stadiums”. (AFP)
