Women in Iran: 40 years of saying NO to the Islamic Republic and Political Islam
Women in Iran: 40 years of saying NO to the Islamic Republic and Political Islam
The first movement that stood up against the Islamic Republic
The sensational women’s protest on 8 March 1979 was the first social movement against the Islamic Republic. Women took to the streets to say no to the hijab; but it went far beyond the hijab. Slogans in the protest included: “Freedom of women, freedom of society”, “We didn’t make the revolution to go backwards”, “Women’s rights are neither Eastern nor Western, they are universal”, “Freedom isn’t conditional”- reflecting people’s expectations from the 1979 revolution. They were the forerunners of another revolution against the Islamic Republic.
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