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Iran’s only female Olympic medalist defects to the Netherlands

January 13, 2020
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Iran’s only female Olympic medalist has left the country saying she is displeased with being used as a propaganda tool by its authorities. The taekwondo bronze medallist from the 2016 Rio Olympics, Kimia Alizadeh, announced in an Instagram post that she had moved to Europe.

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با سلام آغاز کنم، با خداحافظی یا تسلیت؟ سلام مردم مظلوم ایران، خداحافظ مردم نجیب ایران، تسلیت به شما مردم همیشه داغدار ایران. شما مرا چقدر می‌شناسید؟ فقط آنطور که در مسابقات، در تلویزیون، یا در حضور مقامات دیده‌اید. اجازه دهید حالا آزادانه، هویت سانسور شده‌ام را معرفی کنم. می‌گویند کیمیا پس از این چیزی نخواهد شد. خودم از این هم فراتر می‌روم و می‌گویم قبل از این هم چیزی نبوده‌ام: «من کیمیا علیزاده، نه تاریخسازم، نه قهرمانم، نه پرچمدار کاروان ایران» من یکی از میلیون‌ها زن سرکوب شده در ایرانم که سال‌هاست هر طور خواستند بازی‌ام دادند. هر کجا خواستند بردند. هر چه گفتند پوشیدم. هر جمله‌ای دستور دادند تکرار کردم. هر زمان صلاح دیدند، مصادره‌ام کردند. مدال‌هایم را پای حجاب اجباری گذاشتند و به مدیریت و درایت خودشان نسبت دادند. من برایشان مهم نبودم. هیچکداممان برایشان مهم نیستیم، ما ابزاریم. فقط آن مدال‌های فلزی اهمیت دارد تا به هر قیمتی که خودشان نرخ گذاشتند از ما بخرند و بهره‌برداری سیاسی کنند، اما همزمان برای تحقیرت، می‌گویند: فضیلت زن این نیست که پاهایش را دراز کند! من صبح‌ها هم از خواب بیدار می‌شوم پاهایم ناخودآگاه مثل پنکه می‌چرخد و به در و دیوار می‌گیرد. آنوقت چگونه می‌توانستم مترسکی باشم که می‌خواستند از من بسازند؟ در برنامه زنده تلویزیون، سوال‌هایی پرسیدند که دقیقاً بخاطر همان سوال دعوتم کرده بودند. حالا که نیستم می‌گویند تن به ذلت داده‌ام. آقای ساعی! من آمدم تا مثل شما نباشم و در مسیری که شما پیش رفتید قدم برندارم. من در صورت تقلید بخشی از رفتارهای شما، بیش از شما می‌توانستم به ثروت و قدرت برسم. من به اینها پشت کردم. من یک انسانم و می‌خواهم بر مدار انسانیت باقی بمانم. در ذهن‌های مردسالار و زن‌ستیزتان، همیشه فکر می‌کردید کیمیا زن است و زبان ندارد! روح آزرده من در کانال‌های آلوده اقتصادی و لابی‌های تنگ سیاسی شما نمی‌گنجد. من جز تکواندو، امنیت و زندگی شاد و سالم درخواست دیگری از دنیا ندارم. مردم نازنین و داغدار ایران، من نمی‌خواستم از پله‌های ترقی که بر پایه فساد و دروغ بنا شده بالا بروم. کسی به اروپا دعوتم نکرده و در باغ سبز به رویم باز نشده. اما رنج و سختی غربت را بجان می‌خرم چون نمی‌خواستم پای سفره ریاکاری، دروغ، بی عدالتی و چاپلوسی بنشینم. این تصمیم از کسب طلای المپیک هم سخت‌تر است، اما هر کجا باشم فرزند ایران زمین باقی می‌مانم. پشت به دلگرمی شما می‌دهم و جز اعتماد شما در راه سختی که قدم گذاشته‌ام، خواسته دیگری ندارم.

A post shared by 𝓚𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓪 𝓐𝓵𝓲𝔃𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓱🌟 (@kimiya.alizade) on Jan 11, 2020 at 6:40am PST

In the post, she vented her frustrations over being made a propaganda tool by the Iranian government whenever it benefited them.

“They took me wherever they wanted. I wore whatever they said. Every sentence they ordered me to say, I repeated. Whenever they saw fit, they exploited me,” Alizadeh wrote on January 12. “I wasn’t important to them. None of us mattered to them, we were tools.” 

She claims that while the regime celebrated her international wins and medals, it criticized the choice of sport she had chosen by saying: “The virtue of a woman is not to stretch her legs!”

She said that she no longer wanted to “sit at the table of hypocrisy, lies, injustice, and flattery.” 

Tehran’s response

Iran’s semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reports that Alizadeh fled to the Netherlands. It is believed that she is interested in pursuing further studies. The 21-year-old’s location was not revealed at the time of the announcement.

Iranian deputy sports minister Mahin Farhadizadeh said: “I have not read Kimia’s post, but as far as I know, she always wanted to continue her studies in physiotherapy.”

Iran’s top performers defecting

Alizadeh is the third top Iranian sports person to stop representing the country in recent months.

In December 2019, Iran’s chess champion Alireza Firouzja decided not to play for Iran over its informal ban on competing against Israeli players. Firouzja is seeking a change in nationality after the Iran Chess Federation withdrew its players from the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championship which took place in Moscow from December 26 to 30, 2019.

Firouzja was listed on the International Chess Federation, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), database as a registered player but not an Iranian one. He is now recognized as “FIDE licensed” on his official profile.

In September 2018, Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei refused to return home over fears for his safety after he ignored orders from the Iranian authorities to withdraw from a potential final competition with an Israeli opponent.

He fled his homeland a year later and received “recognized refugee” status from Germany on November 1, 2019.

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