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7 February 2019. 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...
- 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
BBC 100 Women names 100 influential and inspirational women...
- What Happened Next
11 kwi 2024 · After the revolution, the 70 years of advancements in Iranian women’s rights were rolled back virtually overnight. The 1979 revolution, which brought together Iranians across many different social groups, has its roots in Iran’s long history.
8 mar 2019 · On the 40th anniversary of their protests, CBC Radio producer Donya Ziaee spoke to three Iranian women who were there — on the streets of Tehran, fighting to to turn the tide of history.
14 paź 2022 · The collection of pictures — which were taken in the 1960s and 1970s and featured in magazines and publications — reveals how much culture, fashion, and women’s freedom have changed in Iran.
22 lut 2019 · After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini deposed the Shah of Iran, 70-years of advancements in Iranian women’s rights were rolled back virtually overnight.
12 lut 2024 · It is a mark of the courage of the women of Iran that twice in the past forty-five years, an Iranian woman won the Nobel Peace Prize: Shirin Ebadi, the human rights lawyer, in 2003, and Narguess Mohammadi, a fearless defender of women’s rights, in 2023.
20 paź 2022 · Mahnaz Afkhami was Iran’s minister of women’s affairs before the Islamic Republic took power in 1979. She reflects on the Iran she grew up in, and what’s different about recent protests.
