Sexy iranian female athletes

With the World Cup looming this summer, like the Olympics, it's every four years, this story has taken on a whole new magnitude. Breitbart reports the Iranian Women's National Soccer team is getting a LOT of criticism from other nations after learning 8 members of the squad are actually men. That's just over half the team. But Iran says they are men who are undergoing sex change operations, they just haven't had the 'operation' yet.

By Tariq Tahir For Mailonline. A top-class Iranian footballer has filed for asylum in Switzerland because she faces jail at home for playing without a hijab while wearing shorts and in a match alongside men. Five-a-side international Shiva Amini, 28, was on a personal holiday in Switzerland in March when the Iranian FA spotted pictures of her wearing shorts while playing in a match with friends. The veil has been a mandatory dress requirement for women in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in Shiva Amini has now asked for asylum in Switzerland because she faces jail in Iran for playing football alongside men and without a hijab. She was on holiday in Switzerland when she decided to take part in a kick-about with a group of men.

No Iranian woman ever medaled in the Olympics before the revolution. Women participated for the first time at the Tokyo Asian games in athletics. The women's volleyball team won the first bronze medal at the Asian games in Bangkok. Iran's best performance at the international level was at the Asian Games in Tehran. The fencing foil team won a gold medal and an individual silver and a bronze medal.

A former member of Iran's women's football team claims she has been banned from the sport after being photographed with her hair uncovered abroad. It seems that for the sports community in Iran, the veil carries greater importance than sport. She said officials had barred her from any further activity governed by the Iraniain football federation, ruining 13 years of hard work towards her dream of winning an international title. In alone, government statistics showed that 3. Ms Amini said she had been heartened by the public response to her ordeal, saying thousands of people had sent messages of support and vowing not to stay silent on the issue.