FIFA have received assurances that Iranian women will be permitted to attend football matches in the future, following the recent tragic death of a female fan earlier in September.
Iranian women have been banned from attending games contested between men since the Islamic revolution in 1979, and this law has stood ever since.
Following growing concerns over women's rights within the footballing community, BBC News reports that FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke to the Iranian authorities, who assured the Italian that women will be allowed to watch men's football in the near future.
"We need to have women attending," Mr Infantino explained during a FIFA conference on women in football.