🔺Exposé by Farzaneh Fasihi about the government’s fear of athletes joining the people: presence was taken away from me in world competitions

▪Farzaneh Fasihi, an Olympic runner from Iran, who last winter, in response to the Islamic Republic’s massacre of protesters in Dey, had written in a post on Instagram about her grief and anger at the killing of the protesting youth, was banned from participating in world competitions after the government responded with force.