Channel controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran censored more than 100 broadcast shots showing a female referee during a British soccer match on April 13.
Television channel controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran censored more than 100 broadcast shots showing a female referee during a British soccer match on April 13 between Manchester United and Tottenham. The post by Sardar Pashaei, a world champion gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling for Iran highlighting Iranian state TV's censorship triggered several netizens to denounce Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's government for 'sexism'. According to My Stealthy Freedom, an Iranian rights group that rejects the government's compulsory hijab law said that the match was censored over '100 times.'
During the Premier League match between Tottenham and Manchester United on Sunday, every time the female referee, Sian Massey-Ellis was shown, the Iranian state channel cut away from the game and played the clip of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the backstreets of North London allegedly in an effort to prevent the shots of woman assistant referee wearing shorts. According to My Stealthy Freedom, when the game ended, a commentator reportedly quipped that 'he hoped the viewers enjoyed the geographic show.'
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