Street protests are not a good strategy for opposing Iran's government, an Iranian female boxer in exile said after - who caused controversy by competing in an international contest without a headscarf - returned home to cheering supporters.
Iran's Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hamid Sajjadi meets with Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi in Tehran, Iran October 19, 2022. Office of Iran's Sports Ministry/WANA /Handout via REUTERS
Sadaf Khadem became the first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing match three years ago in France and was hoping to lead the way in the Islamic Republic. "I don't agree with the street protests as a strategy because the government in Iran is so strong. Every day they arrest people, they kill people. I fear for their lives. I hope it will work but I'm not very optimistic," Khadem told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that she had called for "a cyber revolution" instead.
Khadem said she now believes it is her responsibility to speak out, following the death last month of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the Islamic Republic's morality police.
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