female athletes are closely following the anti government protest sweeping their homeland while in exxon. a michael, okay, for me and the rest of the news team here in berlin. really appreciate your joining us is more news as always, at the top of the next hour. we'll see you then. ah ah ah, ah ah, they are eternal dynamite and the pillar of sticks and society.

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ah, protests have shaken iran since a young woman was killed in police custody. ah, oh, he knew i was very upset if it could have been me in missouri. i mean, his place is cameron. i had the same kinds of experiences in iran when i went to the university for training, for the religious police miss treated me similarly, you saw man in the same could have happened to me by the man me off those periods of her. she d is an asian games, silver medalist in ty, quando. she fled to iran and now lives in germany. her partner, cassandra, may deep on her. shad is also a professional ty quando fighter. but now they have to watch from the sidelines in their berlin flat as iran river. 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 to a very tight wander. has told me a lot about patience and resilience on local rental water. just as on the salmon hope i liked doing both things, i'm competing with all the tension that it involves are but also teaching the kinda who frontier i try to prepare them for me and motivate them their due to time and unleash that will to win his every year, as one concert made, he put his art is also from iran and like is to cut hi quando as a child,

he's now among the best in the world. retiring before we can meet 1st, you have to focus on not surrendering points to your opponent, while at the same time using their mistake skills to score points of your own rigid the congo arrives with hi quando. as a martial art that teaches me to never give up a book, withering competition or in my private lives on media, sassing to people living in exile for whom sports has been a salvation parties and kozora 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. london that on saturday i love my new city berlin,

and i am gradually getting used to life it. 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. and the 1st thing i noticed was how there are laws that everyone has to follow in germany. clean the cache, i don't know. it's a bit different in iran, you don't really have that legal security. you have here on tv, i 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. who's your susie, who 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. i'm susan, i'm so worried with no internet connection. i cannot be in touch with my family who was was so 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 fingernails. 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 of the 2010 asian games. as i see, so 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 or to about. i knew it would be live on tv, english when 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. oh j. this is 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 from one picture, which was tough for my father to run in joy with kip hid that a man he told me, i been 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 a really good overall. i heard the me, she how me sanara haiti. memories of her mental 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 hands. eventually the pressure became too intense, while attending a seminar in germany in 2019, she decided not to go back home. she is not family since asked the man 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 home magdalena, quickly. ugly google are 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. carissa has been getting lessons from catherine's aunt who's already been living in berlin for a number of years. cut off of me. okay. pay. okay, patrice or what's happening tomorrow or morgan tomorrow in the morning. i will train for 2 hour and then you can say 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. a lot of other than for me that could be that my file is yoshi. i don't want to go into details on bead on but for political reasons, home,

i wouldn't have felt safe if i'd gone back to miami. i thought it was up before like pieris or he hadn't planned to become a refugee back home. he was at risk of going prison staying in germany meant starting from scratch. cool. he had with him was a satchel. like this one was regarding a 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 isn't to do here for a bad job. 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 catherine and pieris are alike. it's all been an additional challenge.

salad is in the u. coma living conditions, a completely different government. it's a different culture and language solution. there are so many challenges and barriers that i have to overcome so that my life can continue. my walk is gone. 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 ty, 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? like from russ 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 hear 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 selling my usa, but 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 and

i live in germany and don't just want to be a bystander and watch and 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. what is wonderful? ah,

her reason catherine may be on the sidelines of the protests in iran, but the fight against the regime has just gone to another round. ah, those lines are important for some just pure energy. d motion. he has his finger on the world's pulse. need to be ordered. choreographer. i'm the chef in the kitchen on 21. on d. w. a vibrant habitat. ended the listening place of longing. the mediterranean sea. it's waters connect people of many cultures. cold as ice in sicily, siena l, missouri visits mount etna,

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