How Hijab policy has impacted sport: Iran left with no active women grandmasters
Edited By WION Video Desk
Published: Jan 04, 2023, 19:55 IST | Updated: Jan 04, 2023, 19:55 IST
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Their strict and inflexible laws have left the country without an active woman Chess grandmaster. Last week it was reported that the country's woman Grandmaster Sara Khadem was warned not to return to Iran after she competed at an International event in Kazakhstan without wearing a hijab.
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