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January 17, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/15/iran-chess-referee-says-wont-return-home-pictures-without-headscarf/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_fb

Iran Chess Referee Fears Returning Home after Photo with Headscarf Not Visible

(Telegraph-UK) Raf Sanchez - Iranian international chess referee Shohreh Bayat, 32, one of the most prominent Iranian women in international chess, said she is afraid to return home after a photograph was published in which her headscarf was not visible. "There are many people in prison in Iran because of the headscarf. It's a very serious issue," she said, claiming she was in fact wearing a headscarf.

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