First Iranian Woman to Compete in Official Match Wins; Can't Come Home Because She Wasn't Wearing Hijab in Match - But I thought the hijab was feminist and optional? I thought the Middle East was feminist?

[Clockwork_PurBle]

An Iranian Boxer Won Her First Official Match. Now She Says She Can't Go Back Home.

Sadaf Khadem, the first Iranian woman to compete in an official boxing match, won't return home to Iran after learning about an arrest warrant issued against her coach, she announced Wednesday.

Khadem was in the western French town of Royan for the fight against boxer Anne Chauvin on Saturday. She won the fight while decked out in a green tank top and red shorts with a white waistband, matching the Iranian flag. Her head was also uncovered while she traded blows, all of which are against Iran's mandatory dress code for women.

"My trainer got information from Iran that said a warrant was issued for his arrest," Khadem, 24, told French sports magazine L'Express. "I could make my choices, but not put into danger the people who have helped me so much."

Mahyar Monshipour, who was born in Iran but now has French citizenship, expected to fly back to Tehran with her this week, but reportedly learned via text message about the warrant for his arrest. Before moving to France, Monshipour was a World Boxing Association champion.

Clara Dallay, Khadem's representative, told Reuters there was a warrant out for the boxer's arrest as well. A spokesperson for Khadem told AFP that she is “accused of violating Iranian dress rules for women while her trainer is suspected of complicity.” It is unclear whether the quotes were provided by the same individual.

That claim, however, has been denied by Iranian authorities. Hossein Soori, the head of Iran's boxing federation, put out a statement via the Ministry of Sports and Youth saying that Khadem was under no threat.

"Ms. Khadem is not a member of [Iran's] organized athletes for boxing, and from the boxing federation's perspective, all her activities are personal," Soori was quoted as saying by Iranian news agency ISNA.

Women are currently allowed to box in Iran, though they have to be trained by a woman and wear hijabs during matches. Training in public would have also been a no-go for Khadem, as training facilities in Iran are reserved for men.

"I wore the flag of my country high," Khadem told L'Equipe. "I fought with courage. I won. I honored our national anthem. Yet the Iranian boxing federation let me know that 'This fight does not concern us.' In which country in the world does honoring your homeland lead to an arrest warrant?"

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hayesbrown/iranian-boxer-sadaf-khadem-arrest-warrant

TL;DR Sadaf Khadem, who appears to be a lovely and badass woman, became the first Iranian woman to win a boxing title. She didn't wear a hijab during the boxing match (for obvious reasons, come on) so an arrest warrent was issued for her and her coach back in her home town of Tehran. The fight didn't even take place in Iran; it was in a town in France. A spokesperson for Khadem told AFP that she is “accused of violating Iranian dress rules for women while her trainer is suspected of complicity.”

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

Maybe she knew this going in and did it for an excuse to get to stay in a country that hasn't turned to shit.

Seriously sucks that fanatical islam has ruined what was once the seat of a great civilization. The Arabian Peninsula was always shit. Persia was one of the best places in the world, once.

 

[Imperialist #348]

suspected of complicity.
its abit of fuckin cloth, come on now.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

Well that sucks.

Maybe she knew this going in and did it for an excuse to get to stay in a country that hasn't turned to shit.

Seriously sucks that fanatical islam has ruined what was once the seat of a great civilization. The Arabian Peninsula was always shit. Persia was one of the best places in the world, once.

I don’t blame her if she did it on purpose. Being a woman in the Middle East would suck.

 

[A Useless Fish]

What a shitty, stupid, fucking country. Obviously she's better off.

 

[The Last Stand]

Where are you Western feminists?

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

What a shitty, stupid, fucking country. Obviously she's better off.

In France there's still a decent chance she'll be stoned to death I suppose.

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

I'm honestly shocked women are currently allowed to box there somewhat.

I mean, I thought Muhammad wanted them at home cooking and giving birth?

Where are you Western feminists?

Shopping for their abortion parties at Whole Foods.

 

[Recoil]

Memory hole approaching in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
DRUMPF!
There we go. Back to normal.

 

[LinuxVoid]

"Boxing women are shameless whores because they show off their beautiful bodies and only want men with money, big penises, ripped bodies or nice cars. I am working very hard to have a nice car and sexy body, unfortunately that will never happen for me, so why is it fair for men and women that have beautiful bodies to show it off. Women should wear the niqab to veil their bodies, because when they show it off, it makes me feel insecure and its not fair. I want to burn those women" - Iran

 

[Ginger Piglet]

Where are you Western feminists?

Screeching about cultural relativism and how it's not their place to whitesplain to a marginalised group, of course.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Persia was one of the best places in the world, once.

I guess it's time to MPGA (Make Persia Great Again).

 

[morbidly-obese-steven]

“HiJaB eMpOwErS wOmEn”

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

Where are you Western feminists?

They're too busy bitching about a mostly imaginary pay gap.
They really only care about themselves.

 

[Cactus Wings]

First time in my life I'd believe an immigrant saying "I fear for my life if I return to my country". Usually it's what they NPCs tell them to repeat over and over, no matter how fucking irrelevant their existence is.

Also:

How would a boxer hold onto that with those kind of gloves? Literally no loss. It's all on her and her ass-backwards beliefs.

 

[garakfan69]

I'm honestly shocked women are currently allowed to box there somewhat.

I mean, I thought Muhammad wanted them at home cooking and giving birth?

Hitting your woman gets boring after a while if there's no challenge.

 

[RG 448]

Can't Come Home Because She Wasn't Wearing Hijab in Match

Holy shit I thought you were kidding.

 

[KeyserBroze]

No wonder they don't want her to return, an Iranian woman who can fight back is the cultural equivalent of a nuke.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

Real question is this...Who taught her how to box and are they teaching more women over there to do so?

Also, depending on the angle and lighting she's either butt ugly or not that bad looking. She should continue to not where a hijab, but only if she knows which angles look best on her and how much makeup to wear.

 

[Damn Near]

there must be some mistake, i heard that islam was super feminist