In December 2023, the presence of 3,000 women at the Tehran derby between Persepolis and Esteghlal seemed to indicate progress in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Female fans had been banned from ...

Iranian women have attended their first top-level league game in almost 40 years, a step hailed as a major victory by reformist newspapers in the country. Tehran protests: why are Iranians angry? What ...

Iranian football fans hold up the national flag during Asian Cup semi-final against Qatar in Doha in February — HECTOR RETAMAL Excitement is running high among fans of Tehran's two football giants ...

Women football fans wave national flags and cheer during a friendly match between Iran and Kenya in Tehran in March — STR Women in Iran, who have long been barred from attending football matches ...

Former Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has reportedly personally advised Fulham to sign Inter Milan striker Mehdi Taremi. This according to Iranian football journalist Hatam Shiralizadeh. He reports in a ...

Iran's largest stadium will host the women's national football team for the first time since the Islamic revolution, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported on Sunday. The Iranian women's football ...

A Saudi soccer team made a last-minute withdrawal from an Asian Champions League match in Iran due to controversy over a divisive Iranian general who was assassinated by the United States in 2020. The ...

An Iranian football fan who set herself ablaze and died after being arrested for trying to defy a ban on women in stadiums was ill with a "neurological disorder", her father said. Supporters hold a ...

After returning to Madrid as the back-up to Jan Oblak at Atletico Madrid, Adan spent four wildly successful years at Sporting ...

Striker Mehdi Taremi is expecting this evening’s Champions League clash between Inter Milan and Feyenoord to be “brilliant to watch.” The Iranian international spoke to InterTV ahead of this evening’s ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday it has agreed with Saudi Arabia to reschedule an Asian Champions League match after the Saudi team walked out at the last minute, apparently over the presence ...