She criticized wearing the mandatory hijab headscarf and accused officials in Iran of sexism and mistreatment. “Whatever they said, I wore,“ Alizadeh wrote in the letter posted Saturday. Their report suggested Alizadeh may try to compete under another nation’s flag at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo. He said Iranian officials had forced him to not compete with Israeli judoka. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Alireza Faghani, an Iranian international soccer referee, also left Iran for Australia last year.

Source: thestar January 12, 2020 13:52 UTC