Sahar Khodayari

Sahar Khodayari, known as the Blue Girl, was arrested by the police as she tried to enter a football match. It is said that after she went to court, one of the authorities told her of a six-month sentence. She left the courtroom and self-immolated herself and lost her life after a week.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='26743'> She was arrested. A few days later she was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26744'> To receive her personal stuff that had been seized upon arrest, Sahar Khodayari went to the court. The authorities told her that she had been sentenced to six months in prison. According to some media, she was actually told that she might be sentenced to six months in prison. After she left the courtroom, she spoke up in protest and then self-immolated. A few days after the event, her sister said that Ms Khodayari had a 90 percent third-degree burn. A week later, she passed away. Many football clubs, FIFA and human rights organizations protested the discriminatory attitude of the Iranian government to women and demanded permission for women to enter stadiums. The Iranian officials denied conviction of Sahar Khodayari but her arrest was confirmed by them. They said she had done this due to mental and psychological problems. The Iranian government has called many of its critics ‘menally sick’ after their death in prison. After domestic and international reactions to the Blue Girl’s death and a visit to Iran by a FIFA delegation, the ban on women entering stadiums came to an end </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27139'> Shortly after the self-immolation of the Blue Girl, and following domestic and foriegn pressure including a visit by a FIFA delegation, the Iranian women were able to go to sports stadiums, putting an end to a four decade ban. This was for a football match between Iran and Cambodi </coverage-outsourcing>