EXCLUSIVE: Sadaf Khadem, who became the first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing bout, cancels her return to Tehran from France after an arrest warrant was issued for her in Iran’s capital Via julienpretotRTR
Iranian boxer Sadaf Khadem poses in the locker room after winning the fight against French boxer Anne Chauvin during an official boxing bout in Royan, France, April 13, 2019. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
PARIS - Sadaf Khadem, who on Saturday became the first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing bout, has cancelled her return to Tehran after an arrest warrant was issued for her there, her representative said on Wednesday. An arrest warrant was also issued against Mahyar Monshipour, the Iranian-born former boxing world champion who set up the bout in western France and was planning to travel back to Iran with Khadem this week, the representative, Clara Dallay, told Reuters.On Saturday, Khadem beat local boxer Anne Chauvin in an amateur bout.France’s foreign ministry could not immediately comment on the case.
A spokesman from Iran’s embassy in Paris said he had received a request to confirm there was an arrest warrant out and comment on Khadem’s and her coach’s decision not to return to Iran. He gave no other comment.
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