What They're Saying: Darya Safai

“Do you know how humiliating it is for Iranian women to know that during the FIFA World Championship qualification games in Tehran, while they were prohibited to enter the stadium, foreign women could be present at the Azadi stadium because they had a foreign passport?”

-- Activist Darya Safai, founder of Let Iranian Women Enter Their Stadiums, on scenes from the Iran-Syria qualifier, where Syrian women, some without hijab, celebrated Syria's 2-2 tie that kept its World Cup hopes alive. (RT Sports)
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