Tale of defiant Iranian female soccer fan echoes Tehran protests

'The Football Aficionado' wins best Asian documentary at Busan film festival

20221106 A Football Aficionado outside stadium

In a scene from “The Football Aficionado,” Zahra Khoshnavaz takes a selfie outside Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. The arena’s name means “freedom.” (Courtesy of Busan International Film Festival)

MATHEW SCOTT, Contributing writer

HONG KONG -- Two months ago, a young Iranian woman died in police custody after being arrested for not fully covering her hair.

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