Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi was placed on house arrest in Iran Friday after she competed without wearing a hijab in South Korea.
Rekabi returned to Tehran this week from the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s Asia Championship in South Korea where she refused to done a hijab which is required of female athletes by the Islamic Republic.
She was met with cheers from admirers who greeted her at the airport.
The 33-year-old’s phone was confiscated after arriving in her hometown of Zanjan in northwest Iran, Iranian news outlet Iran International reported Friday.
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