Pada Februari 2017,<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/chess-prodigy-moves-west-to-play-hijabfree/news-story/a107d8fdda5979037fec50ce612fe6d7 Chess prodigy moves west to play hijab-free], The Australian, October 10, 2017</ref> Federasi Catur Iran<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.ircf.ir/ |title=Iranian Chess Federation] |access-date=2020-12-01 |archive-date=2021-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629082405/https://ircf.ir/ |dead-url=yes }}</ref> melarang Derakhshani bermain untuk tim nasional Iran atau bermain di turnamen apa pun di Iran karena "merugikan kepentingan nasional", setelah dia bermain di Festival Catur Gibraltar 2017 (ketika dia masih menjadi penduduk sementara Spanyol) tanpa mengenakan [[hijab]]. Kakak laki-lakinya yang berusia 15 tahun, Borna, yang merupakan Master FIDE, juga dilarang bermain melawan grandmaster Israel bernama [[Alexander Huzman]] di putaran pertama turnamen yang sama. Derakhshani sebelumnya bermain di beberapa turnamen tanpa hijab.<ref>[http://en.chessbase.com/post/iran-bans-teenage-chessplayers-for-harming-national-interests Iran bans teenage chessplayers for "harming national interests"], ChessBase, 21 February 2017</ref><ref>Mike Klein,[https://www.chess.com/news/view/ousted-iranian-player-my-wardrobe-should-not-be-anyone-s-business-4013 Ousted Iranian Player: 'My Wardrobe Should Not Be Anyone's Business!'], Chess.com, 28 February 2017</ref> Dorsa hanya melakukan satu wawancara sebagai tanggapan atas pemberitaan viral media, ke [[Chess.com]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/ousted-iranian-player-my-wardrobe-should-not-be-anyone-s-business-4013|title=Ousted Iranian Player: 'My Wardrobe Should Not Be Anyone's Business!'|last=Klein|first=Mike|website=Chess.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> Dia juga menulis artikel untuk ''[[The New York Times]]'' pada akhir tahun 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Derakhshani|first=Dorsa|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/opinion/iran-chess-woman-america.html|title= Why I Left Iran to Play Chess in America|date=2017-12-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
