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Women defy odds of conservative society to welcome football

Iranian women cheering their national team in a past match. [Photo: Courtesy]

Women in a remote Iranian village not only attend football matches but last week received awards for their attendance, local media reported on Tuesday.

The conservative Sobh-e No newspaper said the prizes were handed out to women after a veteran's match last week in the village of Shahijan, which has a population of just 209, in the southern Bushehr province.

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