Calls to ban Iran from World Cup for tear-gassing women to bar access at match

Iran’s regime once again defied FIFA, the world soccer federation, after it ordered the regime in Tehran to allow women into stadiums in 2019.

Shocking video footage on social media showed women gassed and pepper-sprayed by security forces.

According to the London-based Iran International media organization, the football federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran did not offer any apologies.

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