“it is a requisite to leave the gender-oriented standpoint and reflection out for the presence of Iranian female spectators in sport complexes” said the Iranian NOC President highlighting women’s presence in recent football games.
“it is a
requisite to leave the gender-oriented standpoint and reflection out for the presence
of Iranian female spectators in sport complexes” said the Iranian NOC President
highlighting women’s presence in recent football games.
“women are the
flag-bearers of development without whom the development would not take place”
added NOC President accompanied by Mrs. Taherian, the NOC Vice-President and
Mr. Shaabani, Advisor to NOC President and Chairman of Media Commission in a ceremony
for celebrating the top students of science and sports at Al-Zahra University.
“this is not
any challenge and has been proven by the women’s presence in recent football
games. I believe that women must be actively attend in all sports and glorify
the country at different World, Asian and Olympic events” the President reiterated.
Pointing out
the presence of female spectators in football stadiums; the NOC President added:
“once female spectators were present in stadiums, it was not challened thanks
to observing ethical and moral issues which is completely underlined.
“in order to
exercise gender equality in sports among male and female athletes, we need to
have closely the same number of female participants in the events because there
is no room for further propaganda in this area. We are no more able to tell
the world the absence of gender discrimination in our country by just chanting slogans
and giving speeches; today it must be practiced and we have to indicate that
our women are capable of glorifying the country in Asian and Olympic Games along
with men” President Salehi Amiri held.
“we need to
prove to the world that Iranian women are able to have activities in a variety
of fields; say, high performance sports and honor the country”.
“if today the
Iranian volleyball team has secured an enjoyable success, this is what a nation
has desired not only their effort; therefore, the flag raised by Iranian women
in different sports is indicative of the very identity and pride of the
nation”.
President
Salehi Amiri expressed hope for a more successful performance of female
athletes in the near future and termed Al-Zahra University the humdinger of such
success.