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Iran's 'blue girl' dies after setting herself on fire
BBC: An Iranian female football fan who set herself on fire a week ago has died.
The woman set herself alight in Tehran after her trial, for attempting to enter a football stadium disguised as a man, was postponed.
The authorities in Iran regularly stop women from entering stadiums.
Her story has been followed closely by Iranians around the world who used the hashtag "blue girl" - a reference to the colours of her favourite team, Esteqlal of Tehran.
The woman, referred to as Sahar, which is not her real name, was arrested in March when she tried to enter a football stadium.
After being jailed for three days she was released on bail and waited six months for her court case.
But when she appeared at court she found out it had been postponed because the judge had a family emergency.
She later returned to court to pick up her mobile phone and it is widely reported that she is thought to have overheard someone saying that if she were convicted she could get six months to two years in prison.
She then set herself alight in front of the court house and later died in hospital.
Women in Iran have been stopped from going to stadiums to watch men’s sporting events since 1981. This was temporarily lifted last year to allow women to watch the World Cup being streamed at a stadium in Tehran.
While the sporting ban is not written into law, it is "ruthlessly enforced says Human Rights Watch.
Football's governing body Fifa set a deadline of 31 August for Iran to allow women into stadiums - something the country has not kept.
The woman's self-immolation has led to a lot of debate in Iran.
Masoud Shojaei, the captain of the Iran men's football team, said on Instagram that the ban is "rooted in outdated and cringe-worthy thoughts that will not be understood by future generations".
RIP,
There are some stupid policies and rules set forth by the Akhoon and alike and then there are some policies and rules that goes far beyond stupid, which I fail to find the words in my vocabulary that can be used without breaking this site policy of profanity.
Heck, lets break that rule this time…. Fi*&k you Akhoon and your rules.
Ladies,
Next time, lets poor the gasoline on the Akhoon and burn them instead.
Our politicians had resisted pissing on the office of Presidency, tRump fixed that.
tRump is helping to make Russia great again
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“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King
"Ladies, Next time, lets poor the gasoline on the Akhoon and burn them instead." Instead of gasoline, why not MOABs!?
"why not MOABs!?"
Because it will destroy the very same women you pretend to care about as well as your relatives in Iran.
Unlike you, many of us do care about murdering innocent people in Iran including your relatives.
Our politicians had resisted pissing on the office of Presidency, tRump fixed that.
tRump is helping to make Russia great again
Reject occupation, If the bar code starts with 7 29 put it back on the shelf
Buy American, say NO to Chinese madeTrump
“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King
If you guys cared about your relatives , you wouldn't leave them back home at the mercy of Akhoonds and flee to the comfort of LA and Toronto seeping teas and hot cocos!!! Here is a question for holier than thou people such as youself - why did you follow Khomeini around like a bunch of bozoghaleh that has resulted in this woman committing selfimmolation? And no, Carter deceived us into it is not an acceptable answer!!! How do you like them apples? And for the record, I want smart MOABs to be dropped on Akhoonds, Mosques, Khomeinis shrine, Imamzadehs, Majles, Basijies, and IRGCs NOT innocent people!!!