General Mar 8, 2021 | 7:35 AMby Tarjei Svensen
Shohreh Bayat thrilled and honored to win International Women of Courage Award
One of the world s top chess arbiters, Shohreh Bayat, refused to apologise and decided not to return to her home country Iran after the Women s World Chess Championship in China and Russia last year, fearing for her safety after a photograph from the event circulated in the Iranian media and appeared to show her not wearing a headscarf. On International Women s Day Bayat will receive the prestigious International Women of Courage Award for her brave decision after the event.
Shohreh Bayat began the Ju Wenjun vs. Goryachkina Women s World Championship match wearing a hijab, but there was an outcry in Iran when photos taken head-on appeared to show no hijab | photo: Zhang Yanhong, FIDE
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