For not wearing the veil abroad, an Iranian sportswoman is criticized by the Ministry of Sports and Youth of her country

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Track skating champion Niloufar Mardani has faced criticism from her country after showing up for a competition without a veil.

Tehran on Tuesday denounced the participation of an Iranian sportswoman in a competition in Turkey during which she received a prize, without a veil, for a roller skating event, local media reported.

This statement comes as several Iranian athletes showed their solidarity with the protest movement sparked in mid-September in Iran after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, arrested by the morality police who accused her of having violated the dress code of the Islamic Republic, imposing in particular the wearing of the veil in public.

«Niloufar Mardani participated in a track skating competition in Turkey without permission“, announced the Ministry of Sports and Youth, quoted Tuesday by the Fars agency. “This athlete was not wearing ministry-approved attire“There, added the ministry, which specifies that the sportswoman”was no longer a member of the national team since last month».

According to this same source, she participated as “personnelin the competition, in which the Iranian national team did not take part. A member of the national track skating team for more than a decade, Ms Mardani received a cup on November 6 in Istanbul at a ceremony where she was not wearing a veil, according to local media. She wore a black T-shirt that read “Iran” in white.

In October, Iranian sportswoman Elnaz Rekabi took part in a rock climbing competition in Seoul with only a bandana on her head, which was interpreted as a gesture of solidarity with protests in Iran.

The Islamic Republic indeed imposes on Iranian sportswomen the wearing of the veil even in competitions abroad.

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