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FRANKFURT, Germany, Jun 19, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Iranian women in Germany are ignoring the Islamic ban on them attending soccer matches and taking off their veils to watch the World Cup.
Even though their team lost 2-0 to Portugal in Frankfurt Saturday, The Times of London reported thousands of the women not only left their veils at home, but dyed their hair and painted their faces the red, white and green of their flag's colors.
Iran's ruling Muslim clerics decreed women cannot attend soccer games where they can see the bare legs of a man to whom they are not married.
The newspaper said while some Iranian women attended the game in conservative clothing, others sported T-shirts saying "Iran Girl" and screamed as loudly as any other fans.
Iran's final World Cup game this year is Wednesday against Angola.
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