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August 6, 2026International Review for the Sociology of SportOpen Access

Iranian elite sportswomen: Docile yet defiant bodies

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MSMarjan SaffariCDChristine Dallaire

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This article examines the governance of Iranian elite sportswomen, highlighting their resistance to state control and religious norms.

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore how elite Iranian sportswomen are regulated within a sex-segregated sports system influenced by religion and state power.
  • Conducted semi-structured interviews with elite athletes, coaches, and referees.
  • Analyzed narratives using a Foucauldian framework to understand the impacts of surveillance and regulation.
  • Investigated practices of resistance and self-regulation among athletes.
  • Elite sportswomen are simultaneously seen as compliant figures and symbols of resistance against religious domination.
  • Findings reveal practices of self-regulation and concealment that reflect internalized surveillance.
  • Athletes navigate their identities and exercise forms of resistance, including negotiation and overt refusal to conform.

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Saffari et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7437ba764cddc9499d5482https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902261472247
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