In several videos sent to BBC Persian from various stages of this swim, Mrs Akhwan can be seen breathing, resting, feeding and receiving guidance from her coaches.

In several videos sent to BBC Persian from various stages of this swim, Mrs Akhwan can be seen breathing, resting, feeding and receiving guidance from her coaches.

He wrote on Instagram that he did this swim in accordance with the anniversary of the "Woman, Life, Liberation" movement.

Mrs. Akhwan wrote on her Instagram that she did this swim exactly 100 years after Gertrude Adderall, an American swimmer and the first woman to swim the English Channel.