Iran sucks.
Via Vocativ:
A pair of sibling chess players, 18-year-old Dorsa Derakhshani and her 15-year-old brother, Borna Derakhashani, have been kicked off the Iranian National Chess Team and prohibited from competing in any domestic tournaments because they dared to challenge Iran’s strict religious laws.
At the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in Gibraltar, Dorsa, an International Master and Woman Grand Master who currently ranks as the eighth-best woman under 21 and 92nd best overall by the World Chess Federation, competed without wearing a hijab.