What prompted a female Iranian football fan to self-immolate in Tehran?
Sahar Khodayari, an avid female football fan, succumbed to the self-inflicted burn injuries after the 29-year-old set herself on fire in protest of the prison sentence given to her for attempting to watch a football match in one of Tehran's stadiums in March this year. Earlier in March, Khodayari sneaked into the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, impersonating a man to watch the UAE’s Al Ain face its Iranian rivals, Estaghlal FC, on the field.
Six months later, on September 2, the court summoned her for a hearing and sentenced her to a six-month-long imprisonment, pronouncing her guilty of violating the country's hijab laws. Khodayari could not reconcile to the prison sentence and took her own life in front of the courthouse. She battled for her life in the hospital for a week but eventually died from severe burns.
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