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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

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.


This story originally produced by BBC Radio


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