![]() ![]() Moreover, under pressure from FIFA, football’s global governing body, Iranian authorities said they agreed that a number of women would also be allowed to watch the game in the stadium. Those fans would have been the first image of relative normalisation as the country has curbed a fifth wave of the deadliest COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East, which has killed more than 123,000 lives, according to official figures.īut even as vaccine imports and country-wide rollout have significantly accelerated in the past two months, more than 200 Iranians are still falling victim to the virus each day. The stands were empty despite that, for weeks, Iran’s football federation had said it wanted about 10,000 fully vaccinated people – including women – to cheer on the national team at the stadium that can hold about 80,000 fans. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Explainer: Why are football teams protesting against Qatar 2022? list 2 of 4 Norway rules out boycotting Qatar 2022 World Cup list 3 of 4 Qatar 2022: Football World Cup stadiums at a glance list 4 of 4 UEFA urges FIFA to stop pushing biennial World Cup plan end of listīut what happened off the pitch before the match proved just as important as the result, if not more so, as no spectators were allowed in the capital’s iconic Azadi stadium.
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