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Women in Iran "still live in a system that relegates them to second-class citizens", according to the UN. An Iranian woman without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walks in a street in Tehran ...
Women in Iran were granted the right to vote in 1963. [55] They were first admitted to Iranian universities in 1937. [56] Since then, several women have held high-ranking posts in the government or parliament. Before and after the 1979 revolution, several women were appointed ministers or ambassadors.
She also reposted a video showing this woman in underwear protesting on campus. [21] On 5 November 2024, hundreds of Iranians and French people gathered in the evening in the center of Paris, in front of the Pantheon near the Sorbonne University, chanting slogans and giving speeches to support resistance of Iranian women against oppression.
Fatemeh Khishvand (Persian: فاطمه خویشوند, known by her Instagram username of Sahar Tabar, Persian: سحر تبر; born 16 June 2001), is an Iranian influencer who is known for her use of cosmetic surgery in images of herself posted to Instagram.
Nasrin is also a member of Iran Cinema House, where she mentors both men and women. Sogol Kheirandish, 30, dancer Sogol performs flow art at a park in northern Tehran on Jan. 20, 2022.
A new bill before Iran's parliament could make penalties for women even more serious. It calls for fines of up to 360 million Iranian rials ($720) and prison sentences for women without the headscarf.
8 March 1979 protest in Tehran 8 March 1979 protest in Tehran. On International Women's Day on March 8, 1979, a women's march took place in Tehran in Iran.The march was originally intended to celebrate the International Women's Day, but transformed into massive protests against the changes taking place in women's rights during the Iranian revolution, specifically the introduction of mandatory ...
Mahnaz Afkhami (Persian: مهناز افخمی; born January 14, 1941) is an Iranian women's rights activist who served in the Cabinet of Iran from 1976 to 1978. She is founder and president of Women's Learning Partnership (WLP), executive director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies [1] and former Minister of Women's Affairs in Iran's pre-Revolution government. [2]