Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi was placed on house arrest in Iran after not wearing a hijab while competing in South Korea.
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The 33-year-old’s phone was confiscated after arriving in her hometown of Zanjan in northwest Iran, Persian news outlet Iran International reported Friday. "It’s a small issue. I’m surprised that it is being talked about so much," Vafa said."In our view, it was not a big issue." But it remains unclear whether Rekabi had a choice in staying at the hotel and images later surfaced showing her donning the same black baseball cap and hoodie that she wore after her flight during a meeting hours later.
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