After 40 years and some last-minute power plays and wrangling between President Hassan Rouhani's administration and conservatives in the police force, Iranian women were allowed to enter Tehran's Azadi stadium to watch a televised World Cup match, between Iran and Spain, alongside men.
According to Iranian journalists, approximately 10,000 tickets were sold to the screening of Iran’s second match in this year's tournament. The stadium seats more than 100,000. June 20 was to be a historic date, given that it would be the first time under the Islamic Republic that men and women would be allowed to watch the game together.
