TEHRAN: A female Iranian football player whose husband barred her from traveling to a major tournament abroad has been allowed to leave the country for other matches after authorities stepped in.

Niloufar Ardalan, 30, who plays futsal—a form of five-a-side—missed the finals of the Asian Championship in Malaysia in September, which Iran ended up winning.

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