Elnaz Rekabi, the Iranian rock climber who participated in a tournament in Seoul without wearing a hijab, is on her way back to Tehran, where some fear that she might face punishment for defying the Iranian regime amid historic anti-government protests sparked by the brutal enforcement of mandatory hijab-wearing.
Rekabi’s case got more complicated earlier today, as a message posted to her Instagram account, purporting to represent the 33-year-old athlete, said that she climbed without the head covering only because it fell off due to “poor scheduling,” according to Reuters.
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