Mitra Hejazipour (, born 19 February 1993)WIM title application FIDE is an Iranian and French chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.
Career She won the silver medal in the World Under-10 Girls Championship in 2003.World Youth Chess Championship 2003 - Girls-10 Chess-Results
Hejazipour won the Iranian Women Chess Championship in 2012. She was the runner-up in 2013 and in 2014.Iran Women National Championship (Final) Chess-ResultsIranian Women National Championship (Final) 2014 Chess-Results
She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship 2015, in which she was knocked out by Pia Cramling in the first round.
Hejazipour won the 2015 Asian Continental Women's Championship in Al Ain. Thanks to this achievement, she earned the title of Woman Grandmaster and qualified for the next knockout Women's World Championship.
She has been playing for the Iranian team at the Women's Chess Olympiads since 2008. Mitra Hejazipour was fired from the Iranian national team in 2020 for "removing her headscarf (hijab) during the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Moscow". Hejazipour said that the hijab is a "limitation, not protection, as official regime propaganda claims."
In 2021, she began representing France where she had already been living. In March 2023, she became a French citizen.
In 2023, she became the French National women's champion.
Personal life On 14 January 2026, Hejazipour publicly supported the 2025–2026 Iranian protests, stating about the killing of 12,000 protestors: "These are the weapons that Khamenei's terrorists are using against the defenseless people of Iran."https://www.iranintl.com/202601147705
Achievements Silver medal in World Youth Chess Championship 2002 - Girls-10 Silver medal in World Youth Chess Championship 2003 - Girls-10 Silver medal Asian youth chess championships 2002 Bronze medal Asian youth chess championships 2004 Silver medal Asian youth chess championships 2006 Silver medal Asian youth chess championships 2008 Silver medal Asian youth chess championships u18 2010 Bronze medal Asian indoor games 2007 Macao mixed teamAsian youth championships 2009 4th place Silver medal Asian juniors chess championships 2009 Sri Lanka Bronze medal Asian teams chess championships 2005 Esfahan, 2009 Kolkata India, 2014 TabrizWorld teams chess olympiad 2012 9th place best result for Iran's team in Iran historyWorld girls juniors 2013 4th place Bronze medal World universities championships Bronze medal Iran women championships 2007 First place in Asian continental women championships 2015Bronze medal Asian nations cup 2018 Hamedan First place in internationaux de France rapide 2019 French national women's champion 2023
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