In an ominous sign, her brother Davoud Rekabi was summoned to an intelligence agency office. They will have to decide whether to let the controversy subside or inflame the issue by arresting her or disqualifying her from the team. It remains to be seen whether Iranian officials will be satisfied by Rekabi’s public explanation, even though they know it is likely to be false and given under some form of duress. She left the airport in a van heading for an unknown destination. But so far, thank God, nothing has happened.” “Because I was busy putting on my shoes and my gear, it caused me to forget to put on my hijab and then I went to compete,” she said, adding: “I came back to Iran with peace of mind although I had a lot of tension and stress. In a two-minute interview to state broadcasters inside the airport, Rekabi repeated what had been posted on Instagram. The Iranian government routinely pressures activists at home and abroad, often airing what rights groups describe as coerced confessions on state television. An Instagram post on an account attributed to Rekabi described her not wearing a hijab as “unintentional”, though it was not immediately clear whether she wrote the post or what condition she was in at the time. The demonstrations represent the most serious challenge to Iran’s theocracy since the mass protests surrounding its disputed 2009 presidential election.įriends and supporters raised concerns over Rekabi’s safety after she competed without the hijab. Mahsa Amini was detained by the country’s morality police over her clothing and her death has led to women removing their mandatory hijabs in public. The furore over Rekabi competing on Sunday without a hijab came as protests prompted by the death in custody on 16 September of a 22-year-old woman entered a fifth week.
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