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Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat worries about being shunned due to her activism as she confronts the Russian head of FIDE, the game’s governing body.

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Three years after escaping Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat is concerned about facing further isolation for challenging the game’s governing body and its president, who is a former Russian deputy prime minister, over her attire at a tournament in October.

“I was initially trying to support Iranian women. I think that’s important and it’s very nice to see other people are supporting me for doing the right thing,” she said.

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