Iran blocks TV broadcast of German top flight football match at the last minute 'because it featured a female referee wearing shorts' Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reportedly cancelled broadcast 'at short notice' The country's laws prohibit women wearing revealing clothing like shorts German referee Bibiana Steinhaus is rates as one of the top referees in Germany
By George Martin For Mailonline
Published: 12:40 GMT, 18 February 2019 | Updated: 12:40 GMT, 18 February 2019
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Iran blocked a German football broadcast on Friday last week because the referee was a woman.
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB censored a match between Bayern Munich and Ausburg in the Bundesliga because German referee Bibiana Steinhaus was officiating.
According to Deutsche Welle, the broadcast was stopped
