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A video of an Iranian athlete competing in an overseas competition without Hijab has gone viral. Elnaz Rekabi, 33, disobeyed the Islamic Republic's restrictions while representing her country at the Asian Sport Climbing Championships in Seoul on Sunday. Her stance was as an act of solidarity with the women-led protests raging through Iran following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini.
However, the athlete has since then gone missing. According to a report in BBC, the relatives have been unable to contact her since Monday night.
Rekabi and the other Iranian athletes departed the Garden Seoul Hotel on Monday morning but the former has been not traced since then.
The reports have further confirmed that Rekabi’s passport and mobile phone have been seized.
Over 120 people have been killed in Tehran in response to the Amini protests, according to Norway-based group Iran Human Rights.
