While Iranian chess prodigy Aryan Gholami gave up a chance to win $10,000 and the top prize at Sweden’s Rilton Cup when he quit instead of competing against an Israeli, he received the consolation prize of a meeting with the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who praised the boy for boycotting the Jewish state.”
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Aryan Gholami and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. (screenshot)