A female chess player in Iran has competed without a headscarf in defiance of the Islamist regime and amid protests worldwide over the death of Mahsa Amini.
Iranian female chess player Sara Khadem competed at an international chess tournament in Kazakhstan without wearing a hijab this week.has become the latest sportswoman from the Islamic Republic to participate in an international competition without the country’s mandatory headscarf.
Iranian news outlets Khabarvarzeshi and Etemad, in reports on Monday, said Sara Khadem had competed at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships inKhadem, born in 1997 and also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, is ranked 804 in the world, according to the International Chess Federation website. The website for the Dec. 25-30 event listed her as a participant in both the Rapid and Blitz competitions.
Photos posted by both outlets appeared to show her with no headscarf during the tournament. Khabarvarzeshi also posted a photo of her wearing a headscarf but without saying if it was taken at the same event. Iranian chess player Sara Khadem competes, without wearing a hijab, in FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan December 26, 2022The public defiance comes after months of deadly protests in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who
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