"
An extremely courageous act
", "
a small gesture with immense repercussions
", "
we had dreamed it, they do it!"
".
Since its publication on Sunday November 20, this photo has been widely praised on social networks.
Above, a team of young Iranian basketball players who pose bareheaded, hair visible, without their hijab.
A symbolic gesture in support of the protest movement, driven by the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16.
However, this symbol was not appreciated by Canco Canada BC, the club for young sportswomen.
When trainer Farzaneh Jamami posts this snap, she accompanies it with a feminist caption: “
Teach your daughters that gender roles are nonsense.
They are precious and irreplaceable.
If you are told otherwise, don't believe it.
Tell them, “Get up, hold your head up high, and show them what you're worth!
Tell them that you are powerful and capable that you are a woman of freedom”
.
The comments are multiplying quickly in support of the sportswoman, reaching more than 6,500 reactions to date.
“No intention to reveal the hijab”
Hastily, the Canco Canada BC club - sponsored by a Canadian company that delivers school supplies - in turn publishes a photo of the basketball team, this time wearing a hijab.
In the caption, the organization denies any political character.
He mentions that the image posted by the coach was "
a private photo
", "
before the official match
", published "
on a personal page
".
Claims that some media relied on "
a lie
", and insists that the players and the technical team did indeed wear the hijab during the match.
In addition, the club says it respects “
the personal opinions of each of its members
”.
However, he assures that the words of the
had nothing to do with 'unveiling' or 'rejecting the hijab'
” and that “
any interpretation in this regard lacks validity and credibility
”.
Since then, Farzaneh Jamami has hidden her page from the general public and published a text in which she declares that she had “
no intention of revealing the hijab
”.
She adds that
“enemy networks published this photo with malicious intent and without authorization, and I took the necessary legal measures
”.
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This incident comes as protests continue against the mullahs' regime.
Around 255 people have lost their lives in clashes with law enforcement, according to the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (UHR).
The phenomenon grew with the death sentence of six rioters by the revolutionary court.
The authorities denounce "
riots
" encouraged by the West and have arrested thousands of people.
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