TEHRAN (Iran News) – President of Iran’s Gymnastic Federation Zahra Inche Dargahi says that the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has allowed the Muslim gymnasts to wear a hijab while competing at the international Gymnastics events.

According to her, FIG has modified the rules for athletic attire to allow them to take part in the competitions with the Islamic dress code, wearing a hijab in international gymnastics events.

“I talked to vice-president of the International Gymnastics Federation, Nellie Kim, and convinced her to allow our female athletes to wear hijab in the acrobatic division,” Inche Dargahi said.

“I hope the international federation changes the rules for the other categories,” she added.

In June 2011, the Iranian women’s soccer team was disqualified from a pre-Olympic trial match in Jordan because of the type of head covering players were wearing.

But FIFA modified its rule and now the Iranian female footballers can participate in the Asian championships and have achieved so much success in recent years.

Iranian sportswomen have shown great potential in football, futsal, volleyball, 3×3 basketball, taekwondo, and Paralympic sports in the last decade.