DUBAI : An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan.Sara Khadem, born in 1997, took part in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Ch
DUBAI : An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan.
The source also said Khadem's relatives and parents, who are in Iran, had also received threats, without giving further details.Khadem, who is also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, arrived in Spain on Tuesday, the source said. Iran has been swept by demonstrations against the country's clerical leadership since mid-September, when 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the custody of morality police who detained her for"inappropriate attire."
Iran has been swept by demonstrations against the country's clerical leadership since mid-September, when 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the custody of morality police who detained her for"inappropriate attire."
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