Indian Chess star says no to headscarf of Iran

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 12:01 PM

Indian Chess star says no to headscarf of Iran

New Delhi, June 13: Grandmaster Soumya Swaminathan will not represent India at the Asian Team Chess Championship, to be held in Iran from July 26 to August 4, because of the Islamic country's hijab rule.

From this aspect, Soumya took to Facebook to inform that she won't participate in the event because of the headscarf rule which is violating her personal rights.

"I find the Iranian law of compulsory Headscarf to be in direct violation of my basic Human Rights including my right to freedom of expression, and right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. It seems that under the present circumstances, the only way for me to protect my rights is not to go to Iran," she wrote on her official page.

Earlier, in 2016, top Indian shooter Heena Sidhu had withdrawn from the Asian Airgun meet in Iran citing the same reason.