Iran demolishes family home of climber who competed without a hijab

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Iran demolishes family home of climber who competed without a hijabUndated video shows brother of Elnaz Rekabi sobbing next to ruins of house; anti-government activists claim it was punitive action, authorities say it didn’t have proper permitsIranian state media announced Saturday that the family home of Elnaz Rekabi, an Iranian female rock climber who competed abroad with her hair uncovered, had been demolished.Rekabi became a symbol of the anti-government movement in October after competing in a rock climbing competition in South Korea without wearing a mandatory headscarf required of female athletes from the Islamic Republic.(@MozFrame) December 4, 2022Since September, Iran has been roiled by nationwide protests that have come to mark one of the greatest challenges to its theocracy since the chaotic years after its 1979 Islamic Revolution.The protests were sparked when Mahsa Amini, 22, died in custody September 16, three days after her arrest by the morality police for violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women.Davood, Elnaz’s brother, is also a climber pic.twitter.com/R6xL62Hefx— Parham Ghobadi (@BBCParham) December 1, 2022In a statement issued by the state-run IRNA news agency Saturday, the country’s national security council announced that some 200 people have been killed during the protests, the body’s first official word on the casualties."

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