Iran's New Crackdown on Women -Dana Goldstein
As part of an intensified crackdown against Iranian civil-rights activists in recent weeks, at least 11 feminist leaders have been summoned to court,
threatened over the phone, or banned from traveling, according to the One Million Signatures Campaign, a national effort by Iranian feminists to collect 1 million signatures on a petition demanding an end to discrimination against women.
Last month, Iranian state television ran a documentary attacking the women's rights movement, and female TV announcers were barred from wearing makeup on air.
(Daily Beast)
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As part of an intensified crackdown against Iranian civil-rights activists in recent weeks, at least 11 feminist leaders have been summoned to court,
threatened over the phone, or banned from traveling, according to the One Million Signatures Campaign, a national effort by Iranian feminists to collect 1 million signatures on a petition demanding an end to discrimination against women.Last month, Iranian state television ran a documentary attacking the women's rights movement, and female TV announcers were barred from wearing makeup on air.
(Daily Beast)
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