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Tue 9 May 2006 Ayatollah halts bid to allow women to watch sport EDMUND BLAIR IN TEHRAN IRAN'S supreme leader has vetoed a decision by the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to allow women into sports stadiums, after the move caused a furore in the clerical establishment. It is the first time Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final word on matters of state in Iran's system of clerical rule, has openly challenged government policy since Mr Ahmadinejad's inauguration last August. A government spokesman told a news conference: "Iran's supreme leader has instructed the government to consider the religious leaders' views and reverse its decision [to let women into stadiums]. The government will act based on this instruction." Several high-ranking clerics had criticised the president's announcement last month that women would be permitted to watch men compete in sports stadiums for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The president's move had surprised many, given his traditional religious background and pledge to restore revolutionary values. He said that the best seats in sports stadiums should be allocated to women and families and argued that their presence in public places "promotes chastity". After the revolution, women were originally prevented from entering sports stadiums because sportsmen were wearing shorts. More recently, officials have said women were barred because it was inappropriate for them to be in crowds where strong language or bad behaviour was expected. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
