Re: [Marxism] Women soccer in Iran

[Anna Fierling <anna_fierling@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't believe that Iran has a women's football team. They are not listed 
among the 125 teams that are ranked by FIFA (the int'l federation), and Iran is 
not competing in the Asian qualifiers for next year's World Cup. Needless to 
say, for all its complexities and contradictions, the Iranian post-1979 process 
is still a little bit behind on these matters.

  Women were banned from attending male sporting events in 1979; this ban was 
just reversed two days ago by the president. Here's a recent article from the 
"Washington Post" about a women's protest against this ban:

  
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802309.html

  On the subject of football, there is a very important match today in Europe, 
with political overtones: Barcelona (a bastion of anti-Franco resistance in the 
old days, and still associated somewhat with leftist politics and, for better 
or worse, Catalan nationalism) vs. Milano (owned by Berlusconi) in a European 
semi-final. Perhaps Berlusconi will be demanding another recount in a few hours!

Nestor Gorojovsky <nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  Lüko Willms:

> Promts me to the question: how about women playing football in Iran?
> They, too, should be in the next women football (soccer for the US)
> world championship, just like the male team this year.
>

A Google search shows that there is an important women soccer
movement and association in Iran.

Ah, we males are lost! Sigh.

;-)

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Anna Fierling
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