Iranian chess player Sarasadat Khademalsharieh said the warrant was 'the most horrible thing' that happened to her but she has no regrets about competing in a tournament without a hijab.
Iranian chess player Sarasadat Khademalsharieh said the warrant was"the most horrible thing" that happened to her but she has no regrets about competing in a tournament without a hijab.
An Iranian chess player, who moved to Spain after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her, has no regrets over her bold gesture in support of the protest movement against her country's clerical leadership. She said that, after playing in December's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Kazakhstan's Almaty without the headscarf mandatory under Iran's strict Islamic dress code, she had hardly expected harsher reprisals than a travel ban.
Ms Khadem, who arrived in Spain in January on a residence visa linked to the purchase of property, said Iranian authorities had told her to record a video saying that she regretted her actions as a condition of returning home.Iran executes anti-government protester
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