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have shaken iran since a young woman was killed in police custody. ah comb haley. i was very upset. it could have been me and massa minis place is cameron. i had the same kinds of experiences in iran when i went to the university for training or the religious policemen treated me similarly. so man in the same could have happened to me by the man me off those pennies of a she d is an asian game silver medalist in ty, quando, she fled iran and now lives in germany. her partner, cassandra may deep on her shot is also a professional ty quando fighter. but now they have to watch from the sidelines in their berlin flat as iran rivulet. ah

ah, it's training time for sheedy was born and bred in iran. she's now 31 years old, but 1st tried taekwondo when she was 11. then she made it a pivotal part of her life. could follow up her to a very tight vendor has told me a lot about patience and resilience. all rental was just the sound was silent, hold and i like doing both things. i'm competing with all the tension that it involves really, but also teaching the kids who frontier i try to prepare them for me and motivate them. did you retire and unleash that? will to win 0 asthma cancer and maybe put her jack is also from iran and likewise to cup tie quando as a child. he's now among best in the world beside of always a meal. first,

you have to focus on not surrendering points to your opponent, while the same time using their mistakes to score points of your own rigid the congo, or vice versa. taekwondo as a martial art that teaches me to never give up a book, whether in competition or in my private life, media sassing, to people living in exile for whom sports has been a salvation. perry's and kazora and now also a couple. they left iran independently of each other, but both out of fear for both it was the most difficult decision of their lives. they now live in berlin some 5000 kilometers away from their home country and travel long distances to commute between their apartment and the training facilities. i listed on saturday. i love my new city berlin,

and i am gradually getting used to lie failed, even if it is completely different to where i used to live. a new city in a new country and a new culture. i left home as the 1st thing i noticed was how there are laws that everyone has to follow in germany. finish at all. it's a bit different in iran, you don't really have that legal security you have here on to via phone. so that's been an interesting and positive experience and hope to, oh, now they sit together in their apartment, following social media for hours on end to keep up with the protests that is shaking the country. i know more than that until they are constantly worried about their families. here's your susie, you said,

but the regime blacks out internet connections from time to time. now messages don't reach home. i'm or home you when i was lost in touch with my sister, she told me that my family took to the streets and is fighting for freedom. the police beat up my niece, her hands were bleeding from beatings by the iranian security forces. susan, i'm so worried with no internet connection. i cannot be in touch with my family with butcher d. w visited the iranian couple last year when iran wasn't yet openly rebelling, but women's bodies were already on the line. fancy finger nails. that's where for she des problem started. she was known to the public as a member of the national team, but she was dismissed shortly after her greatest triumph 2nd place at the 2010 asian games. by the seaside, i read enough though, i was the 1st iranian woman in 30 years to make it into the final which was just

awesome for everyone in iran that i knew it would be live on tv in the shoulder. the president of our federation asked me afterwards why i had nail varnish on when i must have known it was being broadcast live about apparently i was harming the image in one of anybody. her fate was ultimately determined not by her sporting prowess, but by her country's religious police. wearing a head jap was mandatory, not a choice. and with the country's tie quando team in the public eye. she was subject to very strict surveillance davis. at one time, my father was summoned by the authorities and had to make a formal commitment. and as i say, my hair would not be visible in social media footage of the one picture, which was tough for my father to run in joy with kip hid that a man he told me, i then supporting you because i know this is your dream. am i to win a medal at the olympics or the world championships?

realize we're told me though lampey terminology. i'm yet, but i don't want to see my daughter, broken. walla, who i can see how it's grinding you down, being and making you to present to really good overall. i heard the me, she how me sanara haiti, memories of her medal winning heroics at the asian games during the presentation. she was careful to hold her hand to her chest in order not to further upset the iranian morality police by shaking a man's hand. eventually, the pressure became too intense, while attending a seminar in germany in 2019, she decided not to go back home. she's not seen her family since as the mom originally, i never had the intention of leaving iran and living in germany, and i never had a proper goodbye with my family because i've been planning to come back. i will be on my bag down quickly. likely google is living in exile also means having to find your way around and re find yourself and

a key part of that is learning. the new language pieris has been getting lessons from cancer is aunt who's already been living in berlin for a number of years. cut off of me. okay. pay. okay. barry's huh. what's happening tomorrow or morgan to morrow in the morning, i will train for 2 hour and then you go through a 2 hours slash 2 hours in training cancer. i was already in germany. before pieris arrived. he's been here since 2017, but he's reluctant to talk about the exact reasons why he has stayed out of fear for his family. although that other than for me, that could be then the marseilles. yes, i don't want to go into details on bead on. but for political reasons at home, i wouldn't have felt safe if i'd gone back into man,

i'm not understood myself. so like pieris or he hadn't planned to become a refugee back home. he was at risk of going to prison. staying in germany meant starting from scratch. holy had with him, was a satchel, like this one. for bulwark i saw the feeling i got from germany was one of safety or food. i knew i had support and will be able to return to a normal life. while also resuming my sporting career to do her free baghdad. but there are limits to that support a life in exile also means having to fight for your own statist. filling out applications, arranging appointments and spending hours traveling to different authorities. for cancer and pieris are alike, it's all been an additional challenge salad. under your comment on the living

conditions are completely different. double. it's a different culture and language. listen, there are so many challenges and barriers that i have to overcome so that my life can continue my walk. sports used to provide a welcome change. now their minds stay on iran, trying to stay up to date with what's happening at home impacts that training. still, they're determined to qualify for major tournaments and when metals both athletes train regularly at the time, quando elite club in berlin, where they've also found a new sporting family. the club was immediately sympathetic towards the plight of the 2 refugees, especially in the 1st few months when it wasn't even clear if they'd be allowed to stay in germany. both have since been granted. residents permits here and can square up against each other. they can fight for their rights,

but most importantly, karissa and katherine support each other. a broad teresa also wants to be an inspiration for others. why look at that one? for math, this man, it's just fantastic working here with kids. they listen to me even though my german isn't great wines. i used to coach kids in iran to here. i wasn't sure whether i'd be able to make that connection with them. it isn't it. but from day one, they seem to like me, which is a big deal for me. i will. so sorry, i'm sell my exhibit she hasn't told the kids about what's happening in iran at the moment. although they can sense that something is troubling her. the iranian diaspora has been organizing demonstrations abroad in berlin, people protest against the regime every week. i hope her i'm took him on,

i live in germany and don't just want to be a bystander and watch him, but i can't do that. so i'm assuming it's when i'm included with what i can do now is support demonstrations against the iranian regime. here in germany, she had smartshoot and use social media to show the world what incredible things are happening in a run right now. it's a forward to that, you know, moved out of misery to hollywood in iran and abroad. people are angry at the enforcement of the islamic dress code and a seeking freedom. you sat on my, most iranians are against the vale and the islamic dress code for women, and i'm part of this group. and i think that all people should choose for themselves whether they want to wear a veil or lot, or just as it is and other countries. honeywell by women must have freedom of speech and self determination wouldn't. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! who reason? catherine may be on the side lines of the protests in iran,

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