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Iran bans chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani for not wearing hijab, brother for playing with Israelis


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Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani was banned by Iran for not wearing a hijab. Dorsa's brother Borna was banned too, who was playing a chess match against Israel.

Dorsa, 18, is currently studying in Spain and had previously participated in the Gibraltar games independently. Her brother Borna, who is 15, had also registered in the games on his own.

 

Whatever happened to the great Persian culture? 

 

 

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It sucks that they have a religious extremist government. But I generally dont buy into Western propaganda about painting some of these countries as evil as they always do just because they dont like them. Saudi Arabia is way worse when it comes to treating women, they bombed Yemen and are responsible for 1000s of deaths there and Western media outlets mostly avoid that news just because they are one of their allies.

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