Iranian women don fake beards to defy football stadium ban

Photos of the five Persepolis fans have gone viral amid calls for Iran to allow mixed crowds

Iran football women
The disguised fans pose inside Tehran’s Azadi Stadium
(Image credit: Twitter)

Five Iranian women have sparked an online storm after disguising themselves as men so that they could sneak into a football match, in defiance of Islamic law.

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