Iran bans women fans from volleyball matches
Iran has banned female fans and even women journalists from attending World League volleyball matches in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported. Women were reportedly turned away from the Azadi...
View ArticleIran rejects 'unfair' volleyball sanctions for women's ban
Tehran (AFP) - Iran rejected on Monday as "unfair" a decision by volleyball's governing body to ban the country from hosting international tournaments as long as women are barred from watching men's...
View ArticleIran bans female fans from volleyball games
Tehran (AFP) - Female fans and even women journalists will not be allowed to attend a World League volleyball match between Iran and Italy in Tehran Sunday, the official IRNA news agency reported....
View ArticleIran bans female fans, reporters from volleyball games
Women were reportedly turned away from the Azadi Stadium when Iran played Italy in the first leg on Friday Female fans and even women journalists are not allowed to attend a World League volleyball...
View ArticleIranian-British woman released by Iran; was jailed for attending Iran-Italy...
Ghoncheh Ghavami was released from Iran for violating 'Islamic Rule' India.com An Iranian-British woman, jailed in Tehran last year for taking part in a protest against a ban on women attending some...
View ArticleTehran court jails Iranian-British woman over volleyball match protest
An Iranian-British woman who took part in a demonstration in Tehran against a ban on women attending men's sporting events was jailed for a year for spreading anti-state propaganda, Iranian media said....
View ArticleIranian-British woman pardoned for Tehran volleyball protest
LONDON (Reuters) - An Iranian-British woman, jailed in Tehran last year for taking part in a protest against a ban on women attending some men's sporting events, has been pardoned, Britain's Foreign...
View ArticleIran Pardons Ghoncheh Ghavami, British-Iranian Woman Jailed For Volleyball...
LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - An Iranian-British woman, jailed in Tehran last year for taking part in a protest against a ban on women attending some men's sporting events, has been pardoned, Britain's...
View ArticleIran detains UK citizen over ban on women watching sports alongside men
Amnesty International says Ghoncheh Ghavami is 'a prisoner of conscience' being held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison ...
View ArticleWoman jailed over volleyball sees charge dropped
An appeals court in Tehran has dismissed charges against an Iranian-British woman who was jailed for trying to attend a men’s volleyball game, meaning that she will not have to return to prison....
View ArticleBritish-Iranian woman jailed for attending volleyball game
Iranian-British woman Ghoncheh Ghavami photographed in London in 2012. Tehran: A British-Iranian woman arrested after trying to attend a volleyball match has been jailed for a year in Iran. The case of...
View ArticleFifa must tackle Iranian football's gender apartheid
With the Women’s World Cup final ahead, the soccer world must call for an end to the Islamic republic’s ban on women watching the sport live, say prominent human rights activists ...
View ArticleBritish Woman Jailed For One Year In Iran For Attending Men’s Volleyball Match
Due to Iran’s strict Islamic laws, women are forbidden from mixing with men in just about all public arenas, inclusing sporting events. So when Ghoncheh Ghavami showed up at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran...
View ArticleWorldwide Volleyball Family Stand For Ghavami (FIVB - Fédération...
(Source: FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) Worldwide Volleyball Family Stand For Ghavami FIVB President Graça calls for release of British-Iranian detainee at World Congress Cagliari,...
View ArticleIran’s jailing of Ghoncheh Gavami is appalling (Amnesty International Australia)
(Source: Amnesty International Australia) Responding to reports that the British "volleyball protester" Ghoncheh Ghavami has been jailed for a year for "spreading propaganda against the system" by a...
View Article'Fifa must tackle Iran's ban on women watching football'
With the Women’s World Cup final ahead, the soccer world must call for an end to the Islamic republic’s law against women going to stadiums, say prominent human rights activists ...
View ArticleCharges dropped against British-Iranian volleyball woman
London (AFP) - Charges have been dropped against a British-Iranian woman controversially jailed last year in Tehran after trying to attend a men's volleyball match, her brother told Britain's Guardian...
View ArticleGhoncheh Ghavami: Mother of British-Iranian woman jailed for watching men's...
The mother of a British Iranian woman imprisoned in Tehran for watching a volleyball match has spoken publicly for the first time of her anguish at her daughter’s incarceration. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25,...
View ArticleFemale Iran VP scolds hardliners over volleyball ban
Tehran (AFP) - One of Iran's female vice presidents launched a furious attack Saturday on "sanctimonious" groups whose threats of violent confrontation at a volleyball match ultimately prompted a...
View ArticleWoman in Iran Sent to Prison After Volleyball Protest (Amnesty International...
(Source: Amnesty International USA) Responding to reports that the British "volleyball protester" Ghoncheh Ghavami has been jailed for a year for "spreading propaganda against the system" by a court in...
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