Thursday, July 27, 2023

Sara Khadem

From Reuters:

“Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship”



(Chess - FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships - Rapid Women - Almaty, Kazakhstan - December 28, 2022. Sara Khadem of Iran plays against Olga Girya of Russia.)

An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain said on Wednesday. Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, better known as Sara Khadem, took part in the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships held in Kazakhstan in late December without the headscarf that is mandatory under Iran's strict Islamic dress codes. Laws enforcing mandatory hijab-wearing became a flashpoint during the unrest that swept Iran when a 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody of the morality police in mid-September. The 26-year-old has told Reuters she had no regrets over her gesture in support of the protest movement against her country's clerical leadership. Spain's official gazette said the cabinet approved granting Khadem citizenship on Tuesday "taking into account the special circumstances" of her case.

^ This is good to see. That she stood up to the Iranian Dictatorship, brought world attention to the problems there and is now safe in Spain. Hopefully one day she can return to a free Iran. ^

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iranian-chess-player-who-removed-hijab-gets-spanish-citizenship-2023-07-26/

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