Iran’s female athletes raise voices over entrenched discrimination
Kourosh Ziabari - Al-Monitor: As the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris approach, Iran’s female athletes are speaking out publicly about the inequities in their professional journey, at a time the world is paying attention to the general trend of discrimination against women in Iran. After Iran women’s national soccer team defeated Myanmar in April to make its way to the second round of the 2024 Olympic qualifiers from Asia, the squad’s captain, Zahra Ghanbari, described the victory over a higher-ranked opponent as phenomenal, lamenting the authorities’ failure to recognize them. According to a report by Ham-Mihan Daily, each member of Iranian men’s national football team received $15,000...
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