1. Women follow the AFC Champions League Cup match between Iran’s Persepolis and Japan’s Kashima Antlers from a segregated section of a stand at the Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran, on 10 November 2018.⁣ ⁣ 2. Male and female fans have to use separate parts of the stand at the Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran, on 10 November 2018.⁣ ⁣ 3. Two female fans of Persepolis football club in Tehran, Iran, have been waiting behind fences for five hours, hoping to enter the Azadi Stadium, on 10 November 2018.⁣ ⁣ 4. A female fan passes out after Iran’s Persepolis loses the AFC Champions League Cup to Japan’s Kashima Antlers, at the Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran, on 10 November 2018⁣ ⁣ Female fans are restricted from entering football stadiums in Iran. Pressure from FIFA led to a ruling in June 2018 allowing Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to admit limited groups of women, but they remain banned from most matches. Risking arrest, female football fans disguise themselves as men to enter stadiums and to advocate for women's rights. While working on this story, the photographer dressed as a man to enter a stadium with a female fan.⁣ ⁣ Photographs from 'Crying for Freedom' by Forough Alaei (@foroughalaei), awarded in the 2019 World Press Photo Contest. This project is included in the exhibition ‘Resilience - stories of women inspiring change,' currently on tour in Brazil, Turkey, Bangladesh, and North Macedonia.⁣ ⁣ This exhibition, a collaboration between the World Press Photo Foundation and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is curated from a selection of stories awarded in the World Press Photo contests from 2000 to 2021. These stories highlight the resilience and challenges of women, girls and communities around the world and showcase a myriad of women's points of views on global issues, celebrations, and traditions. Find out more through the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣ #WPPhResilience