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Iran chess player banned for not wearing hijab joins US team
short by Anmol Sharma / on Tuesday, 3 October, 2017
A chess player banned from the Iranian national women's team for not wearing a hijab in an international competition has reportedly joined the US team. Dorsa Derakhshani had refused to wear the hijab during a competition in Gibraltar in February. In the same competition, Dorsa's brother Borna Derakhshani, also a chess player, competed against an Israeli and was consequently banned.
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