Elnaz Rekabi Might Have Been Pressured To Retract Statement: BBC Report

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Media is spilling beans of governmental pressure that has forced the Iranian athlete to retract from her previous support to the anti-hijab worldwide outcry



According to BBC Persia, the rock climber from Iran, Elnaz Rekabi was forced into giving a statement that she was sorry for not having adhered to the hijab rule set in by the Iranian authorities.

She had said that her hijab had fallen off, which looks extremely unplausible for someone who might have worn a hijab all her life. The act of revolt was retracted as an unintentional mistake, for which it is now being said, that she was coaxed into retracting her statement.

The BBC source said Rekabi had been detained in a room at Iran's National Olympic Committee building with agents present until she met the minister. She is now under house arrest, but the authorities said she is staying at home because she is in need of rest, the source said.

The lady athlete had also disappeared and then resurfaced apologizing on open television, which seems to come when there has been apparent threat to her imprisonment and her athlete brother as well.

She has now come out to explain as to why she didn’t wear the hijab and that it was something that had been done ‘unintentionally’. Fears have been growing over the safety of Elnaz Rekabi after she disobeyed the strict rules of the Islamic Republic.

One really wonders as to the truth in the matter, as she has now given a statement of her ‘unintentional’ violation. The Iranian government has confirmed that she has returned back to Tehran recently and is not under arrest. Whether her passport and phone has been confiscated remains unknown.

An anti-hijab rally has been going on in Iran and across the world. The intention has been to revolt against the government’s moral policing over the way women dress up and controlling their lives. A young girl recently lost her life over the fact that she was not wearing her hijab properly.

Ms. Rekabi had competed without a hijab amid nationwide anti-government protests against their compulsory use in Iran. The deadly protests gripping the country were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.

 

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