Dorsa Derakhshani was thrown off the Iranian national chess team not because of the mind in her head, but what she was wearing on that head. The 18-year-old female grand master, competing at the ...

Dorsa Derakhshani is moving on to a team where she’ll be welcomed no matter her choice of headwear. Over seven months after the 19-year-old Tehran native was kicked off the Iranian national chess team ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) A young woman banned form the Iranian national chess team, allegedly for attending an international competition without wearing an Islamic headscarf, has joined the U.S. team, an ...

Iran has banned a 15-year-old boy from playing with its national chess team and in domestic tournaments because he competed against an Israeli. Borna Derakhshani faced off against Israel’s Alexander ...

Iranian chess officials have barred two teen siblings from domestic chess tournaments and the national team for crossing some of the religious establishment's so-called red lines at an international ...

A young woman banned from Iran’s national chess team for playing without wearing a headscarf has switched allegiances to the US. Iran’s semi-official ISNA said that Dorsa Derakhshani, 19, refused to ...

A YOUNG woman banned from the Iranian chess team — allegedly for not wearing a headscarf at an international competition — has defected to the US, a Tehran news agency reported yesterday. The ...

An Iranian chess player who was removed from the national chess team for allegedly attending an international competition without wearing the Islamic headscarf has joined the United States chess team, ...

Tehran: A young woman banned form the Iranian national chess team, allegedly for attending an international competition without wearing an Islamic headscarf, has joined the US team, an Iranian news ...