Persepolis women football team was coached by Alan Rogers whose assistant was Ali Parvin.

Two days later there was the second match which was between Iran women's national football team and Italy, with the Azzurre scoring five goals.

[5] Both matches were organized by Pari Abasalti editor-in-chief of Ettelaat-e Banuvan magazine who was also the president of Iran's Damsels and Ladies Association.

Iran women's national team composed of players selected from Taj, Persepolis, Deyhim, Oghab and PAS.

Refounded in 2004,[7] the team reached second place at the 2005 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in Amman, Jordan held in September and October 2005.

In May 2006, the women's team hosted their first foreign visitors when a club from Berlin, Germany called BSV Al-Dersimspor played out a 2–2 draw in Ararat Stadium, Tehran.

[12][13] On 27 December 2019, Zahra Khajavi broke the clean sheet record of Iranian football by not conceding any goal for 953 minutes.

Her achievements played a key role in the progress of the women's national football team in these years.

[21][22][23] The Iran women's national football team have been known or nicknamed as the "Iranian Lionesses" (in Persian: Shirzanan).

On 9 November 2018 Fatma Samoura, Secretary General of International Federation of Football Association FIFA said she would ask Iranian government to end ban on women’s entry to sport stadiums.

[26] In September 2019 it was reported that Iranian female football star Sahar Khodayari, dubbed the "blue girl", died after self-immolating in front of a court in Tehran when she found out she could face a two year sentence for attempting to enter a football stadium to watch her team play.