Posted on 01/03/2023 2:48:25 PM PST by grundle
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan.
Sara Khadem, born in 1997, took part in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty without the hijab - a headscarf mandatory under Iran's strict dress codes.
The source, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said Khadem subsequently received multiple phone calls in which individuals warned her against returning home after the tournament, while others said she should come back, promising to "solve her problem".
The source also said Khadem's relatives and parents, who are in Iran, had also received threats, without giving further details.
Iran's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the case.
Khadem, who is also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, arrived in Spain on Tuesday, the source said.
She has not responded to Reuters request for comment. Newspapers including Le Figaro and El Pais reported last week that Khadem would not be returning to Iran and moving to Spain.
The phone calls led to organisers deciding to provide security with the cooperation of Kazakh police, resulting in four bodyguards being stationed outside Khadem's hotel room, the source said.
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“Only a pawn in their game” —Bob Dylan (1964)
Uh, okay stinky old gross freakish murdering losers.
Bottle of your best Dom Perignon waiter!
So now all the Iranian women who are sick of being oppressed by the mullahs have a road to freedom. Just take up chess playing, and go play a match in foreign country without a hijab, and you’ll be free!
Is that supposed to be a punishment?
“Don’t come back here Yankee”.
She can stare me down with those bedroom eyes anytime!
Send her to Charlotte...I’ll take care of her.
Iran's loss, Spain's gain.
But all she wants to do is dance ...
“And make romance”.
She seems like an attractive young lady. She should find her a new place to live.
NOT GUILTY !!!!
I’m sorry for her relatives and loved ones in Iran. I hope they all stay safe. Iran is on the cusp of some good change, I hope they make it before WWIII eats them alive. The United States of America has doubled-down on following through with the amoral world government.
LOL
He was ahead of his time.
Hard to be sure from one picture, but that face speaks of kindness and “comfort in her own skin” ... I wish her well, OUTSIDE of the Islamic Hellhole of Iran.
“NOT GUILTY !!!!”
Given the above professional assessment and the fact she’s got a big fat brain, I think she should be given asylum in the USA.
Here’s the previous Iranian women’s champion (who lives in L.A. now):
https://lachessacademy.com/about-us/
True
Almost all of the Iranian women I have met over my life were quite beautiful. One of my middle-school friend’s family escaped from Iran. She was stunningly beautiful.
The rest looked like they got hit by every branch on the ugly tree.
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