by Simona Tagliaventi
In the name of
Mahsa
, in the name of freedom, in the name of loose, long, short, straight, curly, blond, red, brown, black hair.
And tied or hidden only by choice.
Thousands in Iran have been taking to the streets of cities for weeks face to face with the police, ready to die against the imposition of the veil that covers the hair of women.
And they are not willing to give up.
Like the 22-year-old, many died without stopping the protest.
And the world of sport, which knows it has the most important tool for spreading news,
the camera
, has not pulled back and is becoming the best ally of those who take to the streets.
A peaceful protest that makes more noise than any weapon.
Climber
Elnaz Rekabi
showed her black hair in a competition in South Korea and had to publicly apologize by claiming that the veil had fallen "inadvertently".
Then it was the turn of the Iranian water polo team who refused to sing the anthem during the first game of the Asian Games against India in Bangkok, Thailand.
Like them did the players of the Beach soccer national team and then accompanied the victory against Brazil by mimicking the cut of a lock of hair.
Iranian TV immediately interrupted the live broadcast of the match that was in progress in Dubai.
Niloufar Mardani
's protest was also courageous
, of the Iranian national speed skating track, who climbed to the podium bare-headed in Istanbul wearing a black jersey with the words "Iran" on it.
"Not authorized," the Tehran regime harshly commented.
At the end of September, the players of the Iranian national team, who took the field in Senegal for a friendly against Austria, wore black jackets to cover their shirts.
"I can't be silent anymore," said 27-year-old forward
Sardar Azmoun
, who also plays for Bayern Leverkusen, in an Instagram story, adding: "The punishment may be that they exclude me from the team, but it's a small price to pay, a sacrifice I would make even for a single lock of hair of an Iranian woman. Shame on the ease with which you kill people. Long live Iranian women. "
Also in women's football the player of the Sepahan of Isfahan,
Fatemeh Adeli
, after a goal turned towards the public putting one hand over her eyes and the other over her mouth, to remember the repression of the regime.
