Iran detains 35 women for going to football match 3/2/2018 11:24:59 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Sport stadiums are closed to women in Iran BBC NEWS, 1  March 20  18  - According to the semi-official ISNA news agency, Iranian interior ministry spokesman Seyyed Salman Samani said the female football fans were not arrested - but transferred to a 'proper place' by police. Earlier reports said two women were held. Iran has barred women from attending football games since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. 'Break the taboo' There were calls on social media before the match for women to protest against the ban outside the Azadi stadium today. Women's rights activist Masih Alinejad on Wednesday called on women to attend Thursday's match. 'The Fifa president will be in the stadium tomorrow (1 March),' she wrote. 'I wish women would gather outside the stadium to ask men not to enter without them.' Another user said it ...