TEHRAN: Iran rejected on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) as “unfair” a decision by volleyball’s governing body to ban the country from hosting international tournaments as long as women are barred from watching men’s games.

The international volleyball federation FIVB announced its decision on Sunday, a week after a British-Iranian woman, Ghoncheh Ghavami, was reportedly jailed by a Tehran court for trying to attend a match.

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