The misogynist leaders of Iran

Hassan Mahmoudi:
For the past four decades, Iranian women have fought back to regain a few of their basic human freedoms, including what they could study and what jobs they could hold. But the harsh reality for the 40 million women in Iran is that the law recognizes the husband as the head of the family, and the wife must obey him in all matters, including employment. Women have been sent to jail for publicly speaking out in favor of equal rights for women.

Women's rights are strictly limited in Iran, to the point where women are even prohibited from watching men's sports in stadiums.

And they know it, which is why so many are finding ways to protest.

The regime is now reacting. On July 4, 2019, Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri, prosecutor general of Tehran, defended the brutality and repressive measures resorted to by the state security forces against youths, particularly women, under the pretext of "fighting against un-Islamic social behavior."

He expressed his utter fear of the spread of protest and the power of social media in organizing unrest against the repressive conduct of the security forces harassing women under the guise of not wearing the state-mandated veil in the cities.
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From making women wear funny clothes to beating them when they refuse, Iran is ruled by Islamic religious bigots who want to control women's decisions.  You would think that American feminists would support the women of Iran, but you rarely hear from them.  The left in this country is more likely to support Obama's bad nuclear deal and oppose the mistreatment of women by the Iranian government.

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