On December 26, this chess champion competed with her head uncovered, in Kazakhstan. A gesture of protest considered in Iran as a serious fault. In the midst of a wave of protests, her story embodies that of so many women who campaign for freedom.
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By Leonxo García (El País)
Dn the distant future, Sara Khadem, 25, born in Tehran, will explain very complex situations to Sam, her 10-month-old son. She will explain to him in particular the reasons which pushed her, on December 26, to play the World Chess Championship for rapid games, in Kazakhstan, without wearing the veil – a very serious fault in her country, Iran – as a mark of support for the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini. Placed in police custody, this 22-year-old girl died on September 16, 2022, three days after her detention by the Tehran vice police for allegedly inappropriately wearing the compulsory veil.
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