Women allowed to watch the match in Tehran stadium
Thursday was the first occasion in three years that Iranian women were permitted to attend a match of their national football team at a Tehran stadium. A snowstorm in the Turkish city of Istanbul threw his flight plans up in the air but while waiting at Heathrow airport, mulling over a change to his connecting flight, the Iraq international was able to have a quick chat with The Athletic before two more World Cup qualifiers in the next week, and his first taste of the Iran-Iraq derby.
