"Walusza Sara Khadem, 28, feels a moral obligation to speak out about what is happening in her country of origin, Iran, from her home in Andalusia, where she lives with her husband and a four-year-old son as a Spanish citizen since she refused to play wearing a headscarf at the World Rapid Chess Championship in Almaty (Kazakhstan) in December 2022."
"The horrific images sent to her, showing hundreds of corpses and the anguished cries of relatives who must pay to access them, prompt her to speak again (via video call) with EL PAIS, which interviewed her in depth three years ago. On January 12, the multi-award-winning Spanish writer David Ucles received an award from the Madrid-based chess club Ajedrez con Cabeza (Chess with a Purpose)"
"Three days earlier, Khadem had posted a position on Instagram with a bunch of white pawns covering two-thirds of the board and a few black pieces (without pawns) in one corner, representing the Tehran government. Question. Will the Iranian pawns end up winning this game in a country where 60% of the population is aged under 30 and women barely occupy 7% of the seats in parliament, despite making up 60% of university students?"
Sara Khadem, 28, lives in Andalusia with her husband and four-year-old son and holds Spanish citizenship after refusing to play while wearing a headscarf at the 2022 World Rapid Chess Championship. She feels a moral obligation to speak about events in Iran. Horrific images showing hundreds of corpses and relatives forced to pay to access bodies have prompted renewed public statements. Khadem posted a chess position symbolizing the Tehran government surrounded by white pawns. She believes regime change in Iran will occur soon, says many Iranians would invest if that happens, and calls for greater help from abroad to stop civilian massacres.
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