FIFA president Gianni Infantino is raising hopes Iran will lift a ban on women entering soccer stadiums before a World Cup qualifying game next month.
Attention on the ban intensified when a 29-year-old activist, Sahar Khodayari, died this month after setting herself on fire. She had been detained for dressing as a man to enter a soccer stadium.
Infantino says in a statement "now is the moment to change things and FIFA is expecting positive developments starting in the next Iran home match."
He says: "Our position is clear and firm. Women have to be allowed into football stadiums in Iran."
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