نامه جمعی از ایرانیان به رئیس فدراسیون جهانی فوتبال فیفا: از ایران بخواهد تبعیض علیه زنان را کنار بگذارد
President Gianni Vicenzo Infantino,
Federation Internationale de Football Association, FIFA-Strasse 20, P.O. Box 8044, Zurich, Switzerland. 14 September 2019 پرزیدنت اینفانتینو عزیز، ما امضاکنندگان زیر، استادان دانشگاه، روزنامهنگاران، نویسندگان، شعرا، پزشکان، حقوقدانان، هنرمندان و فعالین حقوق بشر ایرانی مقیم خارج از ایران، مایلیم توجه شما را به وضعیت تاسفانگیز زنان علاقمند به فوتبال در ایران جلب کنیم. همانطور که قطعا مطلع هستید، جمهوری اسلامی ایران تنها کشوری در جهان و تنها عضو فیفا است که بر اساس سیاستهای واپسگرای خود، زنان را از شرکت در مسابقات ورزشی مردان محروم میسازد. زنان علاقمند به فوتبال که قصد حضور در استادیومها را داشته باشند، تحقیر میشوند، کتک میخورند و زندانی میشوند. همین هفته در یک مورد بسیار تراژیک، سحر خدایاری معروف به دختر آبی - اشاره به رنگ باشگاه فوتبال مورد علاقهاش - خود را آتش زد و بر اثر شدت جراحات درگذشت. به او گفته شده بود که به خاطر آنکه با لباس مردانه قصد ورود به استادیوم را داشته به شش ماه زندان محکوم خواهد شد. به اعتقاد ما این مسئولیت فیفا است که قاطعانه از جمهوری اسلامی بخواهد تا این سیاست آشکارا تبعیضآمیز بر علیه زنان را کنار بگذارد. بند چهارم اساسنامه فدراسیون جهانی فوتبال به صراحت میگوید: «تبعیض قائلشدن به هر شکلی علیه کشوری، فردی حقیقی یا گروهی از افراد به دلیل اصلیت نژادی، جنسی، معلولیتی، گویشی، مذهبی، سیاسی یا دلایل دیگر به شدت ممنوع میباشد و از طریق اخراج یا تعلیق قابل مجازات است.» مشروط ساختن شرکت ایران در مسابقات جهانی فوتبال به برطرف کردن موانع ورود زنان به استادیومها، تنها راهی است که جمهوری اسلامی را وادار کند که این سیاست ارتجاعی را بهدور اندازد. به ماور ما فیفا در موقعیتی قرار دارد که با تنها زبانی که جمهوری اسلامی میفهمد، مقامات مسئول را ناچار سازد که حق ابتدایی زنان برای تماشای مسابقات مورد علاقهشان را محترم شمارد. با احترام President Gianni Vicenzo Infantino,
Federation Internationale de Football Association, FIFA-Strasse 20, P.O. Box 8044, Zurich, Switzerland. Dear President Infantino, We the undersigned, Iranian academics, journalists, writers, poets, lawyers, physicians, artists, and human rights activists living outside Iran would like to draw your attention to the atrocious situation of female football fans in Iran. As you are surely aware, the Islamic Republic of Iran is the only country in the world, and the only FIFA member that based on its obscurantist policies does not allow women in the male-sporting events. Female football fans are humiliated, beaten, and jailed for wanting to watch soccer games. Just this week, in a most tragic case, a young female football fan, Sahar Khodayari, dubbed Blue Girl—a reference to her favourite football team—self-immolated and died as a result of her severe injuries. She had been told that she would be sentenced to six months in prison for disguising as a man to enter the football stadium. We believe that it is FIFA’s responsibility to seriously demand that the Islamic Republic stop this blatant discriminatory policy against women. Article 4 of the FIFA Statutes clearly states that “Discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or group of people on account of race, skin colour, ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, language, religion, political opinion or any other opinion, wealth, birth or any other status, sexual orientation or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion.” Conditioning Iran’s participation in international football tournaments, on its lifting of the ban on women’s entry into football stadiums, would be the sure way to force the Islamic government to end this reactionary policy. We strongly believe that FIFA is in a position to use the only language that the Islamic government understand and force the authorities to respect the basic rights of women to watch their favourite games where men do. Sincerely, Ervand Abrahamian, Professor Emeritus of History, City University of New York, USA Reza Afshari, Professor Emeritus of History, Pace University, USA Fereshteh Ahmadi, Professor of Sociology, University of Gavle, Sweden Kazem Alamdari, Professor, rtd. of Sociology, California State University, USA Reza Alamezadeh, writer, cinematographer, Netherlands Sima Alavian, Teacher-Seneca College, Canada Ziba Alavian, Pharmacist, Canada Nasrin Almassi, Chief Editor, Shahrvand weekly, Canada Elahe Amani, Academic Technology, California State University, USA Shadi Amin, LGBTQ Researcher, Germany Mostafa Azizi, Film maker, Canada Maryam Banihashemi, activist feministe, Canada Shahriar Bakhshi, interprete, Canada Ali Banuazizi, Professor of Political Science, Director Islamic Civilization Prog. Boston College. Sohrab Behdad, Professor of Economics, Denison University, USA Cyrus Bina, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota, USA Nader Bokaee, Teacher, Canada Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Professor, Director, School of Public and Int.l Affairs, Virginia Tech. USA Elahé Chokraie, activist feministe, Canada Parvaneh Chokraie, activiste des droits humains, Canada Sossan Coley, Scholar, USA Mehrdad Darvishpour, Associate Professor of Social Work, Malardalen University, Sweden Azar Dashti, MD, USA Minoo Derayeh, Associate Professor, Equity Studies, York University, Canada Goudarz Eghtedari, Principal Executive, Oregon DOT, USA Hossein Youssefi Eshkevari, writer and religious researcher, Germany Hamed Esmaeilion, Dentist, Writer, Canada Fataneh Farahani, Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden Mansour Farhang, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Bennington College, USA Nehzat Farnoody, Clinical Psychologist, USA Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Nonviolent Initiatives for Democracy, USA Roya Hakakian, Writer, USA Afsaneh Hojabri, independent writer and researcher, Canada Gholamhossein Hamadani, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Marquette University, USA Touran Hemati, human rights activist, Germany Ata Hoodashtian, Associate Professor of Political science and Philosophy, Canada Saeed Honarmand, scholar, Columbia University, USA Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor, Vice-Dean, Jindal Global University, India Hossein Jorjani, Professor Emeritus, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Mehrak Kamali, Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies, The Ohio State University, USA Mehrangiz Kar, Human Rights Writer and lawyer, USA Kazem Kardavani, Sociologist, former professor, Germany Sorour Kasmai, Writer Translator, France Pari Kazemi, Nurse, rtd. Canada Narges Kermanshahi, human rights activist, UK Darya Khadir, Architecte, Canada Yalda Khadir, avocate, Canada Amir Khadir, microbiologiste, Canada Nasim Khaksar, writer, Netherlands Ali Kiafar, academic, USA Azadeh Kian, Distinguished Professor of Sociology/ Gender Studies, University of Paris, France Linda Kidikian, MD, Canada Ahmad Machouf . MD, Canada Nima Machouf epidemiologiste, Canada Anousheh Machouf, Psychologue, Canada Keyvan Mahjoor peintre Canada Parvin Malek, Activist, USA Ali Akbar Mahdi, Sociologist, California State University, USA Abbas Milani, Director of Iranian Studies, Stanford University, Canada Mansoor Moaddel, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, USA Shaghayegh Moazazami, cartoonistei, Canada Haideh Moghissi, Professor Emerita of Sociology, York University, Canada Manijeh Moghisi, Social Worker, rtd. Translator, Canada Shahrzad Mojab, Professor of Education, University of Toronto, Canada Gazal Mojdehi, Human Rights Lawyer, Canada Ali Mojdehi, Director of Campus Security, University of British Columbia, Canada Poya Mojdehi, Researcher and Scholar - York University, Canada Fereshteh Molavi, Writer, Canada Mehdi Mozaffari, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark Azam Niroomand-Rad, Professor Emeritus, Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University, USA Babak Payami, Writer, Director, Canada Reza Moridi, former MP and Minister, Government of Ontario, Canada Massoud Noghrekar, MD, Writer, USA Farhad Nomani, Professor Emeritus of Economics, American University of Paris, France Soheil Parsa, Theatre Director, Canada Missagh Parsa, Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College, USA Soheila Pashang, Professor, Humber, Canada Saeed Rahnema, Professor rtd. Politics and Public Policy, York University, Canada Raymond Rakhshani, Researcher, Scholar, USA Asghar Rastegar, MD, Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, USA Mohsen Rezvani, Activist, Canada Mahmoud Rowghani, Writer, Canada Shadi Sadr, Human Rights Lawyer, UK Mohammad Safavi, labour activist, Canada Zohreh Sullivan, Emerita Professor of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Poopak Taati, Independent Law and Education Consultant, USA Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani, Asst. Professor, Women Gender Studies, Univ. of Toronto, Canada Kamran Talattof, Scholar, USA Nayereh Tohidi, Professor of Gender and Women Studies, Californian State University, USA Reza Yazdi, Chief Technology Officer, Mills College, Oakland, USA Farrokh Zandi, Professor, School of Business, York University, Canada Mandana Zandian, MD, Poet, Writer, USA Hassan Zerehi, writer and journalist, Canada Shodja Eddin Ziaian, Professor, Glendon College, York University, Canada Mehdi Zolfaghari, Architect, USA
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