The NCRI Women’s Committee condemns the Iranian regime’s banning of female athletes’ competition on the bogus charge of “failing to observe Islamic codes”

In an appalling measure, the clerical regime deprived five female Iranian athletes for one year from participating in all national and international tournaments for “failing to observe Islamic codes” while participating in China’s Open billiard competitions.

This is part of the clerical regime’s policy against Iranian athletes, particularly women.

Last year, Khamenei issued a preposterous decree banning women from “riding bicycles in public and in front of strangers”. He said, “Riding bicycles often attracts the attention of men and tends to seduce and corrupt the society. It is against women’s chastity and must be abandoned.” (The state-run press – September 10, 2016)

The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran condemns deprivation of female athletes on such bogus charges. The NCRI Women’s Committee calls on the freedom-loving women of Iran to stand up to and protest the regime’s medieval and repressive compulsions.

The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

April 1, 2017