Why Aren't Stadium Doors Opened to Women?

After the match between Iran and Syria in Iran, a young girl published a photo stating that she finally entered the stadium by pretending to be a Syrian citizen and was so excited to see the pitch of the 100,000-seat stadium that she got a nosebleed. Although this young Iranian girl named Ronak and her mother faced many difficulties to achieve their dream, hundreds of other Iranian women still face closed stadium doors. This challenge has sparked discussions for years, but no serious will has been shown to resolve it. In this week's Sixth Hour program, we discuss why stadium doors are not opened to women. What is your response? Are you one of the men who do not go to football stadiums because of the women in your family? Are you one of the football-loving women who have yet to see the stadium pitch up close? Do you think the environment is not suitable for women's presence in the stadium? This week on the Sixth Hour, we talked with sociologist Hossein Ghazian residing in the U.S. and sports journalist Fariborz Gharib in Germany, along with Radio Farda listeners, about the reasons for the closure of football stadiums to women and ways to open them.