Exiled Iranian chess player Sara Khadem makes it to magazine cover in Spain

Sara Khadem of Iran competes at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan..

Exiled Iranian chess player Sara Khadem makes it to magazine cover in Spain..

Just months after she was forced into exile for refusing to wear a headscarf at a chess tournament, IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh known popularly as Sara Khadem was featured on the cover of Elle magazines Spanish online edition..

The 25-year-old Khadem made news in December last year after she competed in the 2022 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Almaty without a headscarf, which was deemed mandatory by the Iranian government..

Iran has seen street protests raging across the country since September 2022, when Mahsa Amini was killed in police detention where she was kept for allegedly breaking the nations strict hijab rules.. The protests also saw an effect in the world of chess where besides Khadem needing to go into exile, mens GM Alireza Firouzja also chose to relocate to France...