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Sahar Khodayari
Iranian football fan · Iran · On the map · Activists · Lived 1990 to 2019 · aged 29
Sahar Khodayari, also known as the Blue Girl, was an Iranian football fan who immolated herself in Tehran to protest the national laws banning women from attending sports events and entering stadiums since the Islamic Revolution.
Sahar Khodayari is read about 103 times a day, in 18 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 116 days, one point a day.
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She was a fan of Esteghlal F.C., and in March 2019, she attempted to gain entry at the male-only Azadi Stadium while disguised as a man to watch a match played by the team. On 2 September 2019, she was told by the Islamic Revolutionary Court that she may face a six-month prison sentence. After leaving court, she died by suicide through self-immolation in front of the building, succumbing to her injuries a week later. Khodayari's politicized suicide generated much debate in Iran about the government's restrictions on women.
