Samira Zargari, technical commissioner of the Iranian women’s ski team, is not at the world championships in Cortina. Not a health problem, not one related to Covid, but a ban by law. Being a woman in Iran, she does not have freedom of movement outside her country and her husband, according to the law in force in the Islamic Republic, has prohibited her from leaving. Without the consent of the husband or father, women cannot have passports and documents to travel and a further authorization of the man is still required.
At the departure for Italy, in recent days, there was another technician to lead the athletes. At the head of the expedition is Marjan Kalhor. “Until the last,” said the Iranian Federation, “we tried to find a solution, but it was not possible».
There are no comments from the Cortina 2021 Foundation and the Italian Ski Federation. Instead he spoke with the Corriere della Sera the mayor of Cortina Giampietro Ghedina: «I do not evaluate the uses, customs or regulations of other countries, but we are hosting an event that is first of all sporting, which wants to welcome people from all over the world and give them the opportunity to confront each other. Sporting activity should unite peoples and peoples, rather than creating divisions. Respect for the rules and religions of others, but sorry. Sport is usually something that unites, not divides ».
This is not the first time this has happened. In five-a-side football there is the case of a player, Niloufar Ardalan, captain of the women’s national team, blocked on the eve of leaving for the World Cup. In Iran there was a long struggle of women to get into the stadium.
There are those who invite women of skiing to make their voices heard. Isolde Kostner, champion of blue skiing, she launched a proposal: «Women in Cortina should wear something, a ribbon, a bow, they choose their color but pink or yellow is fine for me. The signal must arrive in Iran to men, to the federation but above all to you who cannot be here to do your job due to a wrong interpretation of the sharia law ”.
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