Iran: husband bans women's ski coach from going to World Cup

(ANSA) - TEHERAN, FEBRUARY 17 - Samira Zargari, the head coach of the Iranian women's alpine ski team, was unable to accompany her athletes to the Cortina World Championships because her husband forbade her to leave the country, which is allowed by the law in force in the Islamic Republic. Lasquadra, writes the Shargh newspaper, yesterday left Iran for Italy, but Zargari was not allowed to leave. "Until the end - Federsciiraniana said - we tried to find a solution, but it was not possible". The task of accompanying the team was therefore entrusted to Marjan Kalhor, another Federation technician. Under Iranian law, a woman needs her husband's permission to obtain a passport, but even if she is in possession of an expatriation document, the same husband can prevent her from leaving the country from time to time. (HANDLE).