UPDATE: Chief Arbiter Bayat Leaves Iran; IM Khademalsharieh Leaves National Team

Update: Quotes from Chief Arbiter Bayat have been included in this report. 1/16/20 Iran has been the center of much turbulence recently on and off the chessboard. Ongoing protests in the country seeking political reform are the second such uprising in the last two months. Iran also shut off the internet

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Iran Pressured By FIDE For Issues With Israeli Players

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Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship

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Iranian chess player was warned not to return to Iran after competing without hijab -source

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