Iranian athlete missing after competing without hijab
Iranian athlete missing after competing without hijab
The Iranian Embassy says climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without a hijab at an event in Seoul, South Korea, returned home with the rest of her team, but friends and family have not been able to contact her since the competition. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.
A female Iranian climber who competed in an international tournament without a hijab did so because her headscarf had dropped by mistake, a post on her Instagram account has claimed. Footage of Elnaz Rekabi, 33, scaling a wall without her head covered during an international tournament went viral, coming amid big female-led demonstrations against Iran’s clerical rulers sparked by strict Islamic rules on women’s clothing.
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