Iran bans women from Euro 2012 screenings
- Published: 10 Jun 2012 at 20.48
- Online news: World
Women in Iran are being banned from watching live public screenings of Euro 2012 football games because of an "inappropriate" environment where men could become rowdy, a deputy police commander said Sunday.
Iranian women listen to a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran last week. Women in Iran are being banned from watching live public screenings of Euro 2012 football games because of an "inappropriate" environment where men could become rowdy, a deputy police commander said Sunday.
"It is an inappropriate situation when men and women watch football in (movie) theatres together," said Bahman Kargar, Iran's deputy police commander in charge of social affairs, according to the ISNA news agency.
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