Iran, “athlete Elnaz Rekabi arrested”

The Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi, who on Sunday competed without a headscarf at the Asian Climbing Championships in South Korea, was reportedly arrested. Since Sunday evening, contact with the climber has been lost, reported the BBC channel in Farsi citing a source close to Rekabi. The Iranian authorities allegedly confiscated her passport and cell phone. But the Iranian embassy in Seoul denies: “Elnaz Rekabi left Seoul for Iran in the early hours of October 18, 2022 together with other members of the team. The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in South Korea categorically denies all fake news and misinformation about Elnaz Rekabi “.