Author: Ligitas Nefas / Source: Bored Panda
The first game of the Iran Pro League football season kicked off recently, with two middle-ranking teams playing out a seemingly unremarkable match at the Vatani Stadium in Qaem Shahr, a small provincial city in Northern Iran. Who cares right? Well, it turns out that something remarkable did happen at this match.
It was reportedly the first top-flight men’s match in Iran to be covered by a female photographer.How did she do it? Parisa Pourtaherian loves sport, especially football, and has dreamed of covering a professional match. However, due to the stadium ban for women, in place since 1981 when it was decided that women should not be watching a game that men play wearing shorts, Parisa has been unable to join her male colleagues at stadiums around the country to photograph the action. But she has now decided to take matters into her own hands. Arriving at Vatani Stadium three hours before the game, she set out to ask owners of buildings nearby if she could set up on a roof to get a good vantage point. Eventually, after the match had already begun, she got permission at a suitable location. Armed with a huge telephoto lens, Parisa managed to capture quality images of the game, doing a professional job whilst neatly circumventing the controversial rules. She was noticed by male photographers in the stadium, and images of her dedication to her trade have gone viral first in Iran,…
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