Iranian woman participates at chess tournament without 'Hijab'

Tehran: Iranian female player Sara Khadem took part in an international chess competition in Kazakhstan without wearing a hijab and recorded her protest against the government's policy, foreign media reported.

Iran government policy obliges women to adopt a specific dress code. However, some Iranian female athletes had previously recorded their protest against the government by not wearing the hijab.

It should be noted that Mehsa Amini, who was in police custody in Iran, died of a heart attack on September 16. Mehsa, 22, was detained in Tehran for not wearing a headscarf.

After the death of Mahsa Amini, women are protesting in different cities of Iran demanding the ban on hijab and violence and discrimination against women be ended.

Athletes from various fields are supporting the anti-government demonstration in Iran, as earlier the house of Iranian mountaineer Alnaz Rakabi was demolished in Iran, who participated in the World Mountaineering Competition in South Korea without hijab.