Iranian soccer fan 'Blue Girl' dies after self-immolation
DUBAI - A female Iranian soccer fan who set herself on fire last week after being arrested for sneaking into a stadium dressed as a man has died from her injuries, causing widespread outrage.
The semi-official Shafaqna news agency said the woman - dubbed “Blue Girl” online for her favorite team Esteghlal’s colors - died at hospital on Monday after her self-immolation outside a court where she feared being jailed for six months. “What happened to Sahar Khodayari is heartbreaking,” Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Middle East research and advocacy director, said in a statement among many expressions of dismay over the fate of Khodayari, who was about 30-years-old.
Soccer’s governing body FIFA, which has been pressuring Iran over the ban, regretted the “tragedy” of Khodayari’s death.
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