Rekabi returned to cheering crowds in Tehran, where she repeated on Iran’s state television that not wearing the hijab was accidental
The International Federation of Sport Climbing said in a statement that it was “trying to establish facts” of the case,reported. “We have also been in contact with Ms. Rekabi and the Iranian Climbing Federation,” it said. “We will continue to monitor the situation as it develops on her arrival.”
On Wednesday, . “Because I was busy putting on my shoes and gear, it caused me to forget to put on my hijab and then I went to compete,” she said in an interview, per the. “I came back to Iran with peace of mind although I had a lot of tension and stress. But so far, thank God, nothing has happened.” Still, concerns about her well being persist.
Other Iranian women who have been accused of violating dress codes during international competitions have noted similarities between Rekabi’s situation and their own experiences. “This was exactly the same thing that happened to me,” Shohreh Bayat, an Iranian chess referee who sought asylum in the U.K. in 2020 after an official accused her of wearing her headscarf incorrectly, told
on Tuesday. “This was the first thing that I was asked to do, to write an apology letter on Instagram.”
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