In pictures: Iranian women watch football match at stadium for first time in 40 years

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Bangla Tribune Desk
Published : 00:00, Oct 11, 2019 | Updated : 00:05, Oct 11, 2019

Iran made it a night to remember for female fans allowed into the Azadi Stadium for a World Cup qualifying match for the first time since the Islamic Revolution as they inflicted a record-breaking 14-0 thrashing on Cambodia on Thursday.

The win came as 3,500 female fans were permitted to buy tickets for the game, the first time women have been allowed into the stadium in Tehran for a World Cup qualifier in more than four decades.

Iranian women fans attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iranian women fans attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iranian women fans attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iranian women fans arrive to attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iranian women fans arrive to attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

An Iranian woman holds the Iranian flag as she arrives to attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

irAn Iranian woman arrives to watch Iran`s World Cup qualifier against Cambodia at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, October 10, 2019. For the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iranian women fans arrive to attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

An Iranian fan arrives to attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iranian women fans arrive to attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

An Iranian woman gestures as she arrives to attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

An Iranian woman holds Iranian flags as she arrives to attend Iran’s FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019.  WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

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