RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic security personnel questioned a female Iranian volleyball fan when she showed up for a match holding a large sign and wearing a T-shirt that said "Let Iranian Women Enter Their Stadiums."
Darya Safai, who sat in a front-row courtside seat and was briefly in tears during the ordeal, says Olympic officials told her Saturday they would ask her to leave if she didn't put her sign away. The International Olympic Committee bans political statements at the games.
Women have generally been banned from attending all-male sports events in Iran.
Based in Belgium, Safai is the founder and director of "Let Iranian Women Enter Their Stadiums!