Iran chess ref Shohreh Bayat fears returning home over hijab row
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Shohreh Bayat says she would like to return to Iran: "But I don't know what would happen to me" For 32-year-old Iranian Shohreh Bayat, the Women's World Chess Championship was meant to be a career highlight. It is her first time as the event's chief arbiter - a senior role. But that achievement has been clouded by controversy after the circulation of a photograph taken at game in Shanghai that appears to show Ms Bayat without a headscarf, as her country mandates. She now feels unsafe ...
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