Sara Khadem drew the ire of the Iranian Government after she was pictured at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Kazakhstan last December without a hijab.Regime officials  subsequently issued an arrest warrant for her. She moved to Spain in January, where she has remained

Now she has been granted Spanish citizenship.

Speaking to Reuters in January, Khadem said she had no regrets over her gesture in support of the protest movement against her country’s leadership.

“But it (no hijab) has become one of the symbols of the movement in Iran and I also decided to finally do something that I wanted to, to be myself...I was motivated by the people of Iran"