Iranian mountaineer Elnaz Rekabi would have been arrested by the Iranian regime after she competed without a hijab in the Asian Championships of her discipline in South Korea on Sunday in support of the protests that are rocking the country over the death of a mountaineer. young Mahsa Amini.

The BBC Persian-language channel reported that a source close to the climber said they had not been able to contact Rekabi since Sunday evening. In addition, the authorities confiscated the athlete’s passport and phone number.

Rekabi was scheduled to be flown directly to Khomeini International Airport – two days ahead of the scheduled date, on Wednesday – to be flown to Tehran’s Evin prison on orders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization, Iran Wire news reported. portal.

The aforementioned media outlets indicate that Rejabi would have entered the building of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s embassy in Seoul with the promise that they would take her back to her country without any security issues.

The authorities would also detain the athlete’s brother, David Rekabi, who was contacted by the Revolutionary Guards, according to Iran Wire.

More than 200 people have died in the country as a result of the mobilization over the death of the young Mahsa Amini, according to the non-governmental organization Iranian Human Rights, and Tehran has accused the US and other Western countries of instigating the demonstrations.