Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi is under house arrest without mobile access

The 33-year-old athlete would have been forced to apologize The young woman was detained in a room of the National Olympic Committee of Iran She assures that she competed without a veil by accident, not as a political gesture The 33-year-old athlete would have suffered threats that her family’s properties would be taken away if she did not make that statement, according to what a source has transmitted to the aforementioned chain, which also points out that Rekabi is being held at her home although the authorities defend that “she stays at home because she needs to rest.” The climber was received by a crowd on her return to Tehran, after having been reported missing on Tuesday, shouting “heroin” despite the fact that she herself has insisted that she competed without a veil it was by accident, not as a political gesture against the Government of the Islamic Republic That same day he met with the Sports Minister, Said Hamid Sajjadi, where they discussed aspects related to his professional development and his participation in the competition. tion, according to the IRNA news agency. Some media outlets point out that at that time it was striking that at the meeting the Iranian was wearing the same clothes as when she arrived in the country, which raised suspicions that she had not been at home during that time, which her source attributes to her being detained in a room at the Iranian National Olympic Committee.