and i believe in miracles. and you can watch the full panorama programme, aftershock, on the bbc iplayer. an iranian chess player who removed her headscarf at an international tournament has told the bbc she has no regrets. living in exile in southern spain, sara khadem says it was the least she could do given the sacrifices protestors in iran were making. she says she hopes she will play for her country again. razia iqbal reports. sara khadem is 25 now but has been playing competitively since she was eight. chess was unbanned in iranjust before ayatollah khamenei s death and, in the decades after that, the country has become a chess powerhouse and sara khadem one of its biggest and most promising stars. in december last year she decided not to wear the compulsory
but i still have had players getting up right into my face, players giving a little shove, which doesn t amount to an assault but it is still a red card offence in the context of the game. people are storming over to me, looking like they are going to. i have been lucky but i know a few referees who have been hit, kicked and all sorts. i have had threats before, people telling me that i better watch myself for the rest of the game if i know what s best, things along those lines. and plenty of other terms that i will not be repeating on live tv, but some can be pretty cruel. an iranian chess player who removed her headscarf at an international tournament has told the bbc she has no regrets. living in exile in southern spain, sara khadem says it was the least she could do, given the sacrifices protestors in iran were making. she says she hopes she ll play for her country again. razia iqbal reports.
but i suppose that s what kept you through. but i suppose that s what kept you through. meanwhile, two time champion neil robertson has gone out. the australian failed to get on the board as he lost by four frames to nil to wales own dominic dale. anotherformer winner china s ding junhui has also been knocked out. the iranian chess player who removed her headscarf at an international tournament has told the bbc she has no regrets. living in exile in southern spain, sara khadem says it was the least she could do, given the sacrifices protestors in iran were making. she says she hopes she ll play for her country again. razia iqbal reports. sara khadem is 25 now but has been playing competitively since she was eight. chess was unbanned in iranjust before ayatollah khamenei s death and, in the decades after that, the country has become a chess powerhouse and sara khadem one of its biggest and most promising stars.
whereby we ve been able to invest in state of the art facilities, such as the same day emergency care. nhs england acknowledges the winter has been tough but says ambulance response times and a&e waits are getting better. but it also said that work continues on improving the speed with which patients can be discharged from hospital when they re well enough to leave. dominic hughes, bbc news. an iranian chess player who removed her headscarf at an international tournament has told the bbc she has no regrets. living in exile in southern spain, sara khadem says it was the least she could do, given the sacrifices protestors in iran were making. she says she hopes she ll play for her country again. razia iqbal reports. sara khadem is 25 now but has been playing competitively since she was eight. chess was unbanned in iranjust
should be investigated over their failure to check allegations of indecent exposure against wayne cousins . the former policeman pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of indecent exposure. one of the offences took place just four days before couzens kidnapped and murdered sarah everard in 2021. i want to tell you now about the iranian chess player who removed her headscarf at an international tournament sara khadem. she has told the bbc she has no regrets and it was the least she could do while living in exile in southern spain, given the sacrifices protestors in iran were making. she says she hopes she ll play for her country again. razia iqbal reports. sara khadem is 25 now but has been playing competitively since she was eight. chess was unbanned in iranjust before ayatollah khamenei s death, and in the decades after that the country has become a chess powerhouse,