Iran Protests and Climbing in Iran

Since the 16th of September 2022, the streets in many cities of
Iran are full of people, protesting against their regime, because a
woman was killed for not wearing her Hijab properly. A climber from
Iran brought these protests closer to many of us: Elnaz Rekabi. At
the Asian Continental Championships she climbed without a Hijab.
Something like that has not happened in 43 years: A female climber
from Iran shows herself at an international competition without the
Hijab. 43 years ago, the current leaders of Iran took over the
power and established a regime that forces strict religious rules
upon anyone in the country. Rules, that say, that a man and a woman
can’t climb together, for example. Breaking these rules can have
severe consequences for people in Iran. They could be beaten up,
imprisoned, tortured, raped or killed. All of this has not started
in the last weeks, it has been going on for years. I reached out to
some climbers from Iran, who now live outside of Iran and we talked
for this episode. I thank them all for speaking and giving us
insights to understand their situation! Thank you to Düzen Tekkal
for helping me with some questions and for her amazing work to
report about Iran! - Please sign the Iran-Petition of her
organization Hawar! (The link is in the shownotes) Thank you also
to Liam Lonsdale, for giving ideas and connections that helped me
prepare this episode! And thank you to climbing photographer Vladek
Zumr for letting me use his pictures of Elnaz Rekabi! +++ Shownotes
+++ Petition von Hawar: Für eine Wende in der deutschen
Iran-Politik https://www.hawar.help/de/bundestags-petition/ Magst
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