There was concern on Tuesday over the wellbeing of Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed in South Korea on Sunday without wearing the head covering required of all women by her country's hardline Islamic government.
has been rocked by massive anti-government demonstrations for more than a month. The most significant challenge to the Islamic Republic's ruling regime in more than a decade was sparked by the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police. Her familyafter being arrested for alleged violations of the country's strict dress code for women.
Sources told Palmer that after the video of Rekabi competing without a headscarf went viral, the climber was invited to the Iranian Embassy in Seoul on a ruse. Once there, she was stripped of her phone and passport and put on a plane to Tehran. "Due to inappropriate timing, and an unpredictable call for me to climb the wall, there was accidentally a problem with my head cover," the post says. It also said Rekabi was flying back to Iran"according to the pre-arranged schedule," and apologized for the"concerns created."
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