Growing up Iranian American, Shima Oliaee found her mother didn’t talk much about where she came from. Watching soccer, though, was a portal to Iran, a place that was in large part a mystery. In "Pink Card," the latest series from ESPN's "30 for 30 Podcasts," Shima delves into the stories she didn’t hear growing up: Iran's mandated modernization and how soccer played a role, the women-led 1979 revolution, and her parents’ mistaken-identity love story. Shima and her mom meet Zeinab Sahafy, a young Iranian women and avid soccer fan whose love of the game led to her being named an enemy of the state.

If you like what you hear, click on over to "30 for 30 Podcasts" to hear the rest of this four-part series -- available now on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3h70iqF), Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3FGVL7L), or wherever you like to listen.

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