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Getty Images. On 16 September 2022 Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman from Saqqez in Iran’s Kurdistan Province, died in a Tehran hospital. Three days earlier she had been arrested by Iran’s Guidance Patrol, or ‘morality police’, for wearing her hijab ‘improperly’ and fell into a coma after she was beaten inside the police van taking ...
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 old...
16 maj 2008 · Discover key moments from history and stories about fascinating people on the official BBC Documentary channel: http://bit.ly/BBCDocs_YouTube_Channel Rageh Omaar takes a closer look at the role...
24 paź 2021 · The state of women’s rights in Iran has fluctuated throughout the past century. From the early to late 20th century, there was steady progress for gender equality. However, in 1979, during the Iranian Revolution, women’s rights in Iran took a drastic step back.
8 lut 2019 · 8 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 old...
19 cze 2021 · Iran has voted for a new president and BBC Persian Service presenter, Rana Rahimpour, hears from different women in conversation on what life is like in the country.
17 paź 2022 · Women's rights in Iran. Jackie Leonard, with the BBC Persian service, explores the history of women's rights in Iran. What do the protests over Mahsa Amini's death reveal about life...
