World News | Iranian chess player competes without hijab

Atlanta [US]Dec. 29 (ANI): Iranian chess player Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, recently participated in a match without a hijab, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing Iranian news agency Jamaran.

Khadem is the latest athlete to compete without the hijab since anti-government protests began in September.

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The protests in Iran were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody.

Khadem was photographed not wearing the turban required by Iranian law during the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, according to local media reports.

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The chess player, born in 1997, currently ranks 10th among Iran’s globally active players (804th overall), according to the Chess Federation.

Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competed without a turban in South Korea in early October, later explaining that the hood fell off by accident. It’s unclear, though, whether Rekabi was forced to speak out about what she did.

Iran’s Deputy Sports Minister Mariam Kazemipoor said earlier in a statement that athletes who violated Islamic principles “regret” their actions afterwards and are “looking for opportunities to make amends,” CNN reported. their mistake”.

As of November, Iranian authorities were seeking the death penalty for at least 21 people linked to the protests, according to Amnesty International.

At least 333 people were executed in Iran last year, according to Iranian human rights groups. The report further revealed that official sources announced 55 executions, or 16.5 per cent.

Authorities did not announce as many as 83.5% of all executions included in the 2021 report (278 executions in total). At least 183 executions, or 55 per cent of all executions, were for murder charges, the report said.

Iran has suspended its so-called morality police, which punish women for not adhering to a strict dress code, after anti-hijab protests, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa, continued into a third month, the country’s prosecutor general said. After Amini was detained by the police.

Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said the morality police “has been abolished by the authorities that created it,” according to The New York Times.

It is worth noting that Amini was arrested in Tehran on September 13 for “improper attire”. She died in custody three days later. It sparked demonstrations and clashes with security forces in which many people were killed. (Arnie)

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