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Iran’s ‘Blue Girl’ Suicide Sparks Renewed Calls on FIFA Over Stadium Ban

In March, Sahar was arrested by police trying to enter the main stadium in Tehran to watch a football match. Months later, dogged by courts and threatened by imprisonment, she set herself on fire in front of a court house. Her tragic death has prompted an outpouring from advocate, journalists and football players around the world, asking FIFA to take action to end Iran's unjust stadium ban. Here is some of the reaction to her death.


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