On the eve of the International Women’s Day, FIFA President Sepp Blatter criticized the Iranian regime’s policy on not allowing women into sports stadiums, adding that Rouhani was expected to lift this ban.
Blatter, in the middle of FIFA Presidency elections, in an interview with FIFA weekly magazine criticized gender segregation in football and called on officials of the Iranian regime to “open stadiums to women”.
(Radio Zamaneh – March 6, 2015)