Editing Women's boxing (section)

== Iran ==
[[Sadaf Khadem]] defeated French boxer Anne Chauvin in a boxing match in France on April 14, 2019;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47960798|title=Iran's first female boxer 'fears arrest'|date=2019-04-17|access-date=2019-04-18|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref> this made her the first Iranian woman to be part of an official boxing match.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-18/iranian-boxer-sadaf-khadem-iran-arrest-cancelled-trip-home/11028546|title=Iran's first female boxer cancels trip home after arrest warrant issued|date=2019-04-18|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref><ref name="iranwire">{{Cite web|url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/5974|title=Iran's Female Boxer Makes History in France|website=IranWire {{!}} خانه|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> However, the Iranian Boxing Federation distanced itself from the match and released a statement reading: <blockquote>As women's boxing is not a sanctioned sport of the Islamic Republic of Iran Boxing Federation, the organization, training, and participation in this sport is not related to this federation and it is the organizer and participant's responsibilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/98012611075/واکنش-فدراسیون-بوکس-به-مبارزه-دختر-ایرانی-در-فرانسه|title=واکنش فدراسیون بوکس به مبارزه دختر ایرانی در فرانسه|date=2019-04-15|website=ایسنا|language=fa|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref></blockquote>Following the match, Khadem had plans to return to Iran, but lingering rumors of potential arrest warrants kept her in France. Khadem's representative told Reuters that authorities had issued arrest warrants against her. Hossein Soori, the head of Iran's boxing federation, denied Khadem would be arrested, attributing the information to “media linked to Saudi Arabia”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boxing-women-iran-khadem-exclusive-idUSKCN1RT0YB|title=Boxing: Iranian female fighter cancels return home after arrest...|date=2019-04-17|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-06-27|language=en}}</ref>