Pouya Idani, Iran's chess grandmaster, emigrated to France due to some "problems" including "difficulty in accessing the main chess websites," because of Iran's Internet restrictions. ...
On May 1, Iran Football Federation issued a statement that was supported by media outlets close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) but was ...
When Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi attempted to board a plane bound for Spain last week, airport officials prevented her from doing so. According to the ...
Fourteen players in the Iranian women's national football team have refused to participate in the second round of their training camp, claiming that the sports ...
When one of the world's most promising chess players, 25-year-old Sara Khadem, decided to play at an international tournament without her headscarf, in solidarity with ...
Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears being further ostracized after challenging the game’s governing body and its president, Russia’s former deputy ...
A top female Iranian chess player has competed without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan, in an apparent gesture of solidarity with widespread ...
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