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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 The act of revolt was retracted as an unintentional mistake, for which it is now being said, that she was coaxed into retracting her statement.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 tele...