Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi meets in Tehran with the Minister of Sports

Oct. 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi met this Wednesday in Tehran with the country’s Sports Minister, Said Hamid Sajjadi, just a few hours after arriving in Iran after his controversial participation in a competition in South Korea where he participated without a veil.

During his meeting with Sajjadi, Rekabi explained aspects related to his professional activity and his participation in the championship, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA, which goes into more detail about the conversation between the minister and the climber.

The head of the Sports portfolio has told Rekabi that this ministry “is for all athletes” and has stressed that “all legal tools are and will always be at the service of athletes.”

The Iranian climber has returned to Tehran on Wednesday, where she has been received by a crowd shouting “heroin” despite the fact that she herself has insisted that if she competed without a veil it was by accident, not as a political gesture against the Government of the Islamic Republic.

Rekabi, who was reported missing on Tuesday, has insisted in statements to the official media on the thesis that she had previously defended on Instagram. Thus, she has stated that the organizers of the competition in Seoul called her unexpectedly and she was unable to wear her hijab, included in the official team clothing for women.