(LONDON) A female athlete from Iran did not wear a hijab at an international competition over the weekend in open defiance of her country's mandate, amid fierce protests against the Islamic Republic's restrictions on women's dress. Iranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi, 33, was seen competing without the Islamic headscarf at the International Federation of
Alarm grew on Tuesday over the wellbeing of Iranian sports climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed at an event in South Korea without a hijab in what some saw as a gesture of solidarity with the women-led…
seoul, south korea - The fate of a top Iranian female athlete was unclear Tuesday after she competed in an international rock-climbing competition in So
Elnaz Rekabi flew back to Iran on Tuesday after competing in an international climbing competition without her hijab breaching the Islamic Republic’s rules for women athletes.