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The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair - the old Shah, in the...
- What Happened Next
I ask her if she regrets starting the movement. "Never," she...
- The Plane Journey That Set Iran's Revolution in Motion
The ferocity that Ayatollah Khomeini brought back with him...
- Facing Jail Sentence for Removing My Veil
Since the Iranian revolution in 1979, women have been forced...
- What Happened Next
5 paź 2022 · On March 8, 1979, Iranian women’s celebrations of International Women’s Day turned into protests against a new decree by Khomeini about mandatory veiling. (Hengameh Golestan)
Yet the turbulent events of late 2019 and early 2020 are stark reminders that Iranians continue to resist for their liberation. These events once again confirmed that the history, legacy, and freedom dreams of the 1979 Revolution are still bitterly contested, forty years later.
12 lut 2024 · Marking its 45th year, the 1979 Iranian revolution birthed the Islamic Republic, initially rallying both genders against the monarchy but quickly curtailing women’s rights.
24 sie 2012 · The 1979 revolution politicized the mass of Iranian women. But women’s expectations were not realized. The new theocracy systematically rolled back five decades of progress in women’s rights.
The Iranian Women's Rights Movement (Persian: جنبش زنان ایران), is the social movement for women's rights of the women in Iran. The movement first emerged after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1910, the year in which the first women's periodical was published by women.
24 sty 2019 · Iran’s Islamic Revolution shook the world in 1979, with currents that continue to be felt today. Decades later, the details of this watershed event—which redrew the geopolitical order in...
