Elnaz Rekabi: Family home of Iranian climber demolished

The household villa of Elnaz Rekabi - an Iranian climber who competed overseas with her hairsbreadth uncovered - has reportedly been demolished.

Opposition to the headscarf has fuelled protests that person swept Iran, with the climber being hailed arsenic a hero.

A video showing the ruins of a location with sports medals connected the crushed started circulating this week.

Davood - Elnaz Rekabi's member and besides a apical jock - is seen crying successful the video.

Anti-government activists denounced it arsenic an enactment of revenge against Ms Rekabi - though it is not wide erstwhile the footage was shot.

Now, the semi-official Tasnim quality bureau has confirmed that the location has been demolished, but says this was owed to the household not having a valid licence for its construction.

It said each this took spot earlier Ms Rekabi competed without a headscarf successful October.

Women successful Iran are required to screen their hairsbreadth with a headscarf, oregon hijab, and their arms and legs with escaped clothing. Female athletes indispensable besides abide by the formal codification erstwhile they are officially representing Iran successful competitions abroad.

A ample assemblage greeted Ms Rekabi astatine Tehran airdrome aft the contention successful South Korea, calling her a "heroine". She arrived astatine the airdrome without a headscarf, covering her hairsbreadth with a achromatic shot headdress and hoodie.

The adjacent time she met the Iranian sports curate with the aforesaid apparel on, which raised suspicion that she had not been location during that time.

The root said Ms Rekabi was detained successful a country astatine Iran's National Olympic Committee gathering with plainclothes agents contiguous until she met the minister.

The time earlier returning to Iran, a station connected Ms Rekabi's Instagram relationship apologised for "getting everybody worried".

"Due to atrocious timing, and the unanticipated telephone for maine to ascent the wall, my caput covering inadvertently came off," it explained.

However, the root said that authorities threatened to instrumentality her family's spot if she did not marque the statement.

Meanwhile, a salient Iranian movie actress, Mitra Hajjar, has reportedly been released connected bail aft being arrested by Iranian authorities attempting to stem anti-government protests.

A authorities professional for respective years, Ms Hajjar antecedently condemned the execution of activistic Ruhollah Zam, who documented online the wide demonstrations successful 2019.