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Women attend Iran-Iraq match in Tehran stadium

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Iranian women were allowed Thursday for the first time in almost three years to attend a football match of their country’s national team in a Tehran stadium.

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‘This is our homeland’: Women plead for basic rights in Afghanistan

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Afghan women held a rare protest saying they were willing to accept the burqa if their daughters could still go to school under Taliban rule.

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