Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears brutality over his activism as he challenges the Russian head of the game’s governing body. CNN
CNN – Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears further ostracism after challenging the game’s governing body and its president, Russia’s former deputy prime minister, over his choice of attire at a tournament in October. In 2020, Bayat was criticized in Iran for not wearing the appropriate headscarf at the Women’s World … Read more