Top female chess referee too frightened to return home to Iran

Shohreh Bayat officiating at a chess championship in Shanghai

Shohreh Bayat officiating at a chess championship in Shanghai Source: Getty

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Iranian chess arbiter Shohreh Bayat is too scared to go back to Tehran, after she was accused of violating the country’s strict dress code.

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