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While women in Iran are protesting against their oppression, which includes being forced to wear headscarves, Iranian top player Sara Kadem played at the Women's World Rapid Chess and Blitz Championship in Almaty without the headscarf imposed by her state. By then she had already decided to leave her country and go into exile. She follows in the footsteps of many other Iranian chess players who have gone before her.
Sara Khadem now lives with her family in Spain.
I would like to thank the Prime minister @sanchezcastejon , spanish authorities and the warm people of Spain for making us feel welcomed since our arrival. https://t.co/9auXSxC9ZO
— sara khadem (@saraakhadem) January 27, 2023
The Spanish chess journalist Leontxo Garcia recently interviewed Sara Khadem for the Spanish newspaper El Pais, and in this interview she spoke about her motives to leave Iran. Now the British BBC has also spoken to Sara Khadem.
Sara Khadem competed in an international chess tournament without her headscarf.
— BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) February 14, 2023
Now she's exiled from her home country, Iran, where women are required to wear headscarves in public
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