An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports. She is the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without a head-covering since anti-government protests began in Iran.
The country has been swept by demonstrations against its clerical leadership since mid-September, when 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police, who had detained her for “inappropriate attire”.
