Pro-reform news outlet IranWire first reported that Elnaz Rekabi's family home has been demolished. A video showing the ruins of a house with sports medals recently began circulating.
Videos posted to social media platforms appeared to show Rekabi returning home and being welcomed by supporters at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. ,"I am endlessly grateful for the support of you, all the people of Iran, the most decent people of the planet, athletes and non-athletes, and all your support in [the] international community."
A woman looks at a screen displaying a video of an international climbing competition is Seoul, South Korea, during which Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competes without a hijab, in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on October 18, 2022. After Rekabi returned to Tehran, she and her brother Davood appeared before state television cameras. Rekabi reiterated that she had forgotten to wear a hijab.
Iran's Elnaz Rekabi competes in the Women's Lead qualification at the indoor World Climbing and Paraclimbing Championships 2016 at the Accor Hotels Arena in Paris on September 14, 2016. Rekabi was placed under house arrest in her father's house in Zanjan. She was prohibited from interviewing with media outlets or using her cellphone, according to IranWire.
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