18-year-old chess grandmaster gets kicked off Iran national team for not wearing a headscarf

February 22, 2017 Posted By: Leave a comment
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An 18-year-old Iranian chess grandmaster has been kicked off the national team after she showed up for a game not wearing a hijab.

Dorsa Derakhshani was competing in a chess tournament in Gibraltar earlier this month.
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