World Cup 2018: A billboard in support of Iran is criticised for excluding women

A huge billboard in Iran's capital Tehran in support of the national team at the World Cup has been criticised because it does not feature any women.
The picture shows men of different ethnicities celebrating around a trophy.

A line under the picture reads in Persian: "Together we are champions; one nation, one heartbeat."

In response, the front page of the Qanun newspaper carried an image of the billboard with the caption 'We lose without women'.

Social media users in Iran criticised what they saw as implied gender discrimination by excluding women from the picture.

"We, women, have no share in our country's happiness," wrote Twitter user @Banafshehjamali.

"This is what we mean by gender discrimination and the elimination of half of the country's population."

Iranian journalist Hossein Ghahhar added: "Where are our country's women during the celebrations? Do women not live in this country?" Source: bbc.com Continue....