Let's hear it from the horse's mouth

[Soggy in NOLA]

Thats a shame, I met many Iranians in exile when I was in California, some were Jews, some were Muslims, the best fucking people I ever met.

...and yet isn't it odd that Jews lived very well under the Moors of Spain..in fact Jews were permitted to live comfortably under a succession of Muslim states in relative peace and prosperity...for the record: Iranian Jews will not call themselves 'Iranians"...they call themselves Persians

Thats very true, its Persians.

And the Persians have very little regard for the Arabs... they view them as being beneath them.

 

[Roudy]

The difference is white people did get involved in civil rights to change things, and stop that behavior, without active white people the struggle would have been way harder. Thats the difference, we need Muslims to make a stand like those white people did who marched with the freedom riders and said this bullshit needs to stop, now.

Muslims societies permit very little deviance from "the code". Those who object are either killed or escape and go in hiding. That is why very few Muslims have the bravery to stand up and say something, they know it is like a death sentence.

Thats a shame, I met many Iranians in exile when I was in California, some were Jews, some were Muslims, the best fucking people I ever met.

That's true. Iranians Jew or Muslim take pride in being Iranian, as you would expect an American to be. You only find the extremists in Iran and some assholes like Jos that are holdouts. Majority of Iranian people in Iran want the regime and the religious lunatics out, but are too afraid to rise up. They are too barbaric. Remember, the Islamist animals in Iran TEACH Syria's Aasad how to survive the uprising by brutalizing his people.

 

[Roudy]

Muslims societies permit very little deviance from "the code". Those who object are either killed or escape and go in hiding. That is why very few Muslims have the bravery to stand up and say something, they know it is like a death sentence.

Thats a shame, I met many Iranians in exile when I was in California, some were Jews, some were Muslims, the best fucking people I ever met.

...and yet isn't it odd that Jews lived very well under the Moors of Spain..in fact Jews were permitted to live comfortably under a succession of Muslim states in relative peace and prosperity...for the record: Iranian Jews will not call themselves 'Iranians"...they call themselves Persians

Iranians calling themselves Persians is not exclusive to the Jews. Persia was changed to Iran (aka land of the aryans) to signify Iran's Aryan background. After the 1979 hostage crisis, many Iranians in the West started calling themselves Persians to avoid being associated with the hostage takers and their ideology.

 

[Roudy]

...and yet isn't it odd that Jews lived very well under the Moors of Spain..in fact Jews were permitted to live comfortably under a succession of Muslim states in relative peace and prosperity...for the record: Iranian Jews will not call themselves 'Iranians"...they call themselves Persians

Thats very true, its Persians.

And the Persians have very little regard for the Arabs... they view them as being beneath them.

Zoroastrian Iran was invaded by Arab savages from neighboring Iraq, which transformed the country and made it part of the Islamic kingdom. Many Iranians resent this forced aggression towards their culture, history, religion, and language, which they are very proud of.

 

[eots]

 

[Roudy]

Educate yourself.

Why the Shah was removed and replaced by Islamic savages:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imil1iIpIYA]Shah Of Iran Critisizing Britain - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UxhcwEOAwk&feature=related]Shah Of Iran, Days Of Pride - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Roudy]

The Shah's White Revolution, and the changes he brought to his people.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWVpVevKws]Reza shah followed by Shah n shah White Revolution devlopmen - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Roudy]

Looks like a patriot who loved his country:

Reforms

Mohammad Reza Shah had intended it to be a non-violent regeneration of Iranian society through economic and social reforms, with the ultimate long-term aim of transforming Iran into a global economic and industrial power. The Shah introduced novel economic concepts such as profit-sharing for workers and initiated massive government-financed heavy industry projects, as well as the nationalization of forests and pastureland. Most important, however, were the land reform programs which saw the traditional landed elites of Iran lose much of their influence and power. Nearly 90% of Iranian share-croppers became landowners as a result. Socially, the platform granted women more rights and poured money into education, especially in the rural areas. The Literacy Corps was also established, which allowed young men to fulfill their compulsory military service by working as village literacy teachers.

The White Revolution consisted of 19 elements that were introduced over a period of 15 years, with the first 6 introduced in 1962 and put to a national referendum on January 26, 1963.

-Land Reforms Program and Abolishing "Feudalism": The government bought the land from the feudal land lords at what was considered to be a fair price and sold it to the peasants at 30% below the market value, with the loan being payable over 25 years at very low interest rates. This made it possible for 1.5 million peasant families, who had once been little more than slaves, to own the lands that they had been cultivating all their lives. Given that average size of a peasant family was 5, land reforms program brought freedom to approximately 9 million people, or 40% of Iran's population.

-Nationalization of Forests and Pasturelands: Introduced many measures, not only to protect the national resources and stop the destruction of forests and pasturelands, but also to further develop and cultivate them. More than 9 million trees were planted in 26 regions, creating 70,000 acres (280 km²) of "green belts" around cities and on the borders of the major highways.

-Privatization of the Government Owned Enterprises, manufacturing plants and factories by selling their shares to the public and the old feudal lords, thus creating a whole new class of factory owners who could now help to industrialize the country.

-Profit Sharing for industrial workers in private sector enterprises, giving the factory workers and employees 20% share of the net profits of the places where they worked and securing bonuses based on higher productivity or reductions in costs.

-Extending the Right to Vote to Women, who previously did not enjoy suffrage. This measure was criticised by some of the clergy.

-Formation of the Literacy Corps, so that those who had a high school diploma and were required to serve their country as soldiers could do so in fighting illiteracy in the villages. In 1963 approximately 2/3 of the population was illiterate, with 1/3 found mainly in the capital city of Tehran.

-Formation of the Health Corps to extend public health care throughout the villages and rural regions of Iran. In 3 years, almost 4,500 medical groups were trained; nearly 10 million cases were treated by the Corps.

-Formation of the Reconstruction and Development Corps to teach the villagers the modern methods and techniques of farming and keeping livestock. Agricultural production between 1964 and 1970 increased by 80% in tonnage and 67% in value.

-Formation of the Houses of Equity where 5 village elders would be elected by the villagers, for a period of 3 years, to act as arbitrators in order to help settle minor offences and disputes. By 1977 there were 10,358 Houses of Equity serving over 10 million people living in over 19,000 villages across the country.

-Nationalization of all Water Resources, introduction of projects and policies in order to conserve and benefit from Iran's limited water resources. Many dams were constructed and five more were under construction in 1978. It was as a result of these measures that the area of land under irrigation increased from 2 million acres (8,000 km²), in 1968, to 5.6 million in 1977.

-Urban and Rural Modernization and Reconstruction with the help of the Reconstruction and Development Corps. Building of public baths, schools and libraries; installing water pumps and power generators for running water and electricity.

-Didactic Reforms that improved the quality of education by diversifying the curriculum in order to adapt to the necessities of life in the modern world.

-Workers' Right to Own Shares in the Industrial Complexes where they worked by turning Industrial units, with 5 years history and over, into public companies, where up to 99% of the shares in the state-owned enterprises and 49% of the shares of the private companies would be offered for sale to the workers of the establishment at first and then to the general public.

-Price Stabilization and campaign against unreasonable profiteering (1975). Owners of factories and large chain stores were heavily fined, with some being imprisoned and other's licenses being revoked. Sanctions were imposed on multi-national foreign companies and tons of merchandise stored for speculative purposes were confiscated and sold to consumers at fixed prices.

-Free and Compulsory Education and a daily free meal for all children from kindergarten to 14 years of age. In 1978, 25% of Iranians were enrolled in public schools alone. In that same year there were 185,000 students of both sexes studying in Iran's universities. In addition to the above there were over 100,000 students pursuing their studies abroad, of which 50,000 were enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States.

-Free Food for Needy Mothers and for all newborn babies up to the age of two.
Introduction of Social Security and National Insurance for all Iranians. National Insurance system provided for up to 100% of the wages during retirement.

-Stable and Reasonable Cost of Renting or Buying of Residential Properties (1977). Controls were placed on land prices and various forms of land speculation.

-Introduction of Measures to Fight against Corruption within the bureaucracy. Imperial Inspection Commission was founded, consisting of representatives from administrative bodies and people of proven integrity.

[edit]Aftermath

There was a minor industrial revolution during this period of reform. Port facilities were improved, the Trans-Iranian Railway was expanded, and the main roads connecting Tehran and provincial capitals were asphalted. Many small factories opened up specializing in clothing, food processing, cement, tiles, paper, and home appliances. Larger factories for textiles, machine tools, and car assembly were also opened.[7] Educational institutions also grew after the launching of the White Revolution. Enrollment in kindergarten increased from 13,300 to 221,990, elementary schools from 1,640,000 to 4,080,000, secondary schools from 370,000 to 741,000 and colleges from 24,885 to 145,210. Not only were new schools opening, but they were also instituting new educational policies designed to undercut clerical control over education and religious education. The Literacy Corps also helped raised the literacy rate from 26 to 42 percent. The White Revolution also included certain reforms of women’s rights. Women gained the right to vote, to run for elected office and to serve as lawyers and later judges. The marriageable age for women was also raised to fifteen.[8]

 

[Hossfly]

Looks like a patriot who loved his country:

Reforms

Mohammad Reza Shah had intended it to be a non-violent regeneration of Iranian society through economic and social reforms, with the ultimate long-term aim of transforming Iran into a global economic and industrial power. The Shah introduced novel economic concepts such as profit-sharing for workers and initiated massive government-financed heavy industry projects, as well as the nationalization of forests and pastureland. Most important, however, were the land reform programs which saw the traditional landed elites of Iran lose much of their influence and power. Nearly 90% of Iranian share-croppers became landowners as a result. Socially, the platform granted women more rights and poured money into education, especially in the rural areas. The Literacy Corps was also established, which allowed young men to fulfill their compulsory military service by working as village literacy teachers.

The White Revolution consisted of 19 elements that were introduced over a period of 15 years, with the first 6 introduced in 1962 and put to a national referendum on January 26, 1963.

-Land Reforms Program and Abolishing "Feudalism": The government bought the land from the feudal land lords at what was considered to be a fair price and sold it to the peasants at 30% below the market value, with the loan being payable over 25 years at very low interest rates. This made it possible for 1.5 million peasant families, who had once been little more than slaves, to own the lands that they had been cultivating all their lives. Given that average size of a peasant family was 5, land reforms program brought freedom to approximately 9 million people, or 40% of Iran's population.

-Nationalization of Forests and Pasturelands: Introduced many measures, not only to protect the national resources and stop the destruction of forests and pasturelands, but also to further develop and cultivate them. More than 9 million trees were planted in 26 regions, creating 70,000 acres (280 km²) of "green belts" around cities and on the borders of the major highways.

-Privatization of the Government Owned Enterprises, manufacturing plants and factories by selling their shares to the public and the old feudal lords, thus creating a whole new class of factory owners who could now help to industrialize the country.

-Profit Sharing for industrial workers in private sector enterprises, giving the factory workers and employees 20% share of the net profits of the places where they worked and securing bonuses based on higher productivity or reductions in costs.

-Extending the Right to Vote to Women, who previously did not enjoy suffrage. This measure was criticised by some of the clergy.

-Formation of the Literacy Corps, so that those who had a high school diploma and were required to serve their country as soldiers could do so in fighting illiteracy in the villages. In 1963 approximately 2/3 of the population was illiterate, with 1/3 found mainly in the capital city of Tehran.

-Formation of the Health Corps to extend public health care throughout the villages and rural regions of Iran. In 3 years, almost 4,500 medical groups were trained; nearly 10 million cases were treated by the Corps.

-Formation of the Reconstruction and Development Corps to teach the villagers the modern methods and techniques of farming and keeping livestock. Agricultural production between 1964 and 1970 increased by 80% in tonnage and 67% in value.

-Formation of the Houses of Equity where 5 village elders would be elected by the villagers, for a period of 3 years, to act as arbitrators in order to help settle minor offences and disputes. By 1977 there were 10,358 Houses of Equity serving over 10 million people living in over 19,000 villages across the country.

-Nationalization of all Water Resources, introduction of projects and policies in order to conserve and benefit from Iran's limited water resources. Many dams were constructed and five more were under construction in 1978. It was as a result of these measures that the area of land under irrigation increased from 2 million acres (8,000 km²), in 1968, to 5.6 million in 1977.

-Urban and Rural Modernization and Reconstruction with the help of the Reconstruction and Development Corps. Building of public baths, schools and libraries; installing water pumps and power generators for running water and electricity.

-Didactic Reforms that improved the quality of education by diversifying the curriculum in order to adapt to the necessities of life in the modern world.

-Workers' Right to Own Shares in the Industrial Complexes where they worked by turning Industrial units, with 5 years history and over, into public companies, where up to 99% of the shares in the state-owned enterprises and 49% of the shares of the private companies would be offered for sale to the workers of the establishment at first and then to the general public.

-Price Stabilization and campaign against unreasonable profiteering (1975). Owners of factories and large chain stores were heavily fined, with some being imprisoned and other's licenses being revoked. Sanctions were imposed on multi-national foreign companies and tons of merchandise stored for speculative purposes were confiscated and sold to consumers at fixed prices.

-Free and Compulsory Education and a daily free meal for all children from kindergarten to 14 years of age. In 1978, 25% of Iranians were enrolled in public schools alone. In that same year there were 185,000 students of both sexes studying in Iran's universities. In addition to the above there were over 100,000 students pursuing their studies abroad, of which 50,000 were enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States.

-Free Food for Needy Mothers and for all newborn babies up to the age of two.
Introduction of Social Security and National Insurance for all Iranians. National Insurance system provided for up to 100% of the wages during retirement.

-Stable and Reasonable Cost of Renting or Buying of Residential Properties (1977). Controls were placed on land prices and various forms of land speculation.

-Introduction of Measures to Fight against Corruption within the bureaucracy. Imperial Inspection Commission was founded, consisting of representatives from administrative bodies and people of proven integrity.

[edit]Aftermath

There was a minor industrial revolution during this period of reform. Port facilities were improved, the Trans-Iranian Railway was expanded, and the main roads connecting Tehran and provincial capitals were asphalted. Many small factories opened up specializing in clothing, food processing, cement, tiles, paper, and home appliances. Larger factories for textiles, machine tools, and car assembly were also opened.[7] Educational institutions also grew after the launching of the White Revolution. Enrollment in kindergarten increased from 13,300 to 221,990, elementary schools from 1,640,000 to 4,080,000, secondary schools from 370,000 to 741,000 and colleges from 24,885 to 145,210. Not only were new schools opening, but they were also instituting new educational policies designed to undercut clerical control over education and religious education. The Literacy Corps also helped raised the literacy rate from 26 to 42 percent. The White Revolution also included certain reforms of women’s rights. Women gained the right to vote, to run for elected office and to serve as lawyers and later judges. The marriageable age for women was also raised to fifteen.[8]

And then the Islamic trash took over. Damn shame.

 

[Roudy]

Looks like a patriot who loved his country:

Reforms

Mohammad Reza Shah had intended it to be a non-violent regeneration of Iranian society through economic and social reforms, with the ultimate long-term aim of transforming Iran into a global economic and industrial power. The Shah introduced novel economic concepts such as profit-sharing for workers and initiated massive government-financed heavy industry projects, as well as the nationalization of forests and pastureland. Most important, however, were the land reform programs which saw the traditional landed elites of Iran lose much of their influence and power. Nearly 90% of Iranian share-croppers became landowners as a result. Socially, the platform granted women more rights and poured money into education, especially in the rural areas. The Literacy Corps was also established, which allowed young men to fulfill their compulsory military service by working as village literacy teachers.

The White Revolution consisted of 19 elements that were introduced over a period of 15 years, with the first 6 introduced in 1962 and put to a national referendum on January 26, 1963.

-Land Reforms Program and Abolishing "Feudalism": The government bought the land from the feudal land lords at what was considered to be a fair price and sold it to the peasants at 30% below the market value, with the loan being payable over 25 years at very low interest rates. This made it possible for 1.5 million peasant families, who had once been little more than slaves, to own the lands that they had been cultivating all their lives. Given that average size of a peasant family was 5, land reforms program brought freedom to approximately 9 million people, or 40% of Iran's population.

-Nationalization of Forests and Pasturelands: Introduced many measures, not only to protect the national resources and stop the destruction of forests and pasturelands, but also to further develop and cultivate them. More than 9 million trees were planted in 26 regions, creating 70,000 acres (280 km²) of "green belts" around cities and on the borders of the major highways.

-Privatization of the Government Owned Enterprises, manufacturing plants and factories by selling their shares to the public and the old feudal lords, thus creating a whole new class of factory owners who could now help to industrialize the country.

-Profit Sharing for industrial workers in private sector enterprises, giving the factory workers and employees 20% share of the net profits of the places where they worked and securing bonuses based on higher productivity or reductions in costs.

-Extending the Right to Vote to Women, who previously did not enjoy suffrage. This measure was criticised by some of the clergy.

-Formation of the Literacy Corps, so that those who had a high school diploma and were required to serve their country as soldiers could do so in fighting illiteracy in the villages. In 1963 approximately 2/3 of the population was illiterate, with 1/3 found mainly in the capital city of Tehran.

-Formation of the Health Corps to extend public health care throughout the villages and rural regions of Iran. In 3 years, almost 4,500 medical groups were trained; nearly 10 million cases were treated by the Corps.

-Formation of the Reconstruction and Development Corps to teach the villagers the modern methods and techniques of farming and keeping livestock. Agricultural production between 1964 and 1970 increased by 80% in tonnage and 67% in value.

-Formation of the Houses of Equity where 5 village elders would be elected by the villagers, for a period of 3 years, to act as arbitrators in order to help settle minor offences and disputes. By 1977 there were 10,358 Houses of Equity serving over 10 million people living in over 19,000 villages across the country.

-Nationalization of all Water Resources, introduction of projects and policies in order to conserve and benefit from Iran's limited water resources. Many dams were constructed and five more were under construction in 1978. It was as a result of these measures that the area of land under irrigation increased from 2 million acres (8,000 km²), in 1968, to 5.6 million in 1977.

-Urban and Rural Modernization and Reconstruction with the help of the Reconstruction and Development Corps. Building of public baths, schools and libraries; installing water pumps and power generators for running water and electricity.

-Didactic Reforms that improved the quality of education by diversifying the curriculum in order to adapt to the necessities of life in the modern world.

-Workers' Right to Own Shares in the Industrial Complexes where they worked by turning Industrial units, with 5 years history and over, into public companies, where up to 99% of the shares in the state-owned enterprises and 49% of the shares of the private companies would be offered for sale to the workers of the establishment at first and then to the general public.

-Price Stabilization and campaign against unreasonable profiteering (1975). Owners of factories and large chain stores were heavily fined, with some being imprisoned and other's licenses being revoked. Sanctions were imposed on multi-national foreign companies and tons of merchandise stored for speculative purposes were confiscated and sold to consumers at fixed prices.

-Free and Compulsory Education and a daily free meal for all children from kindergarten to 14 years of age. In 1978, 25% of Iranians were enrolled in public schools alone. In that same year there were 185,000 students of both sexes studying in Iran's universities. In addition to the above there were over 100,000 students pursuing their studies abroad, of which 50,000 were enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States.

-Free Food for Needy Mothers and for all newborn babies up to the age of two.
Introduction of Social Security and National Insurance for all Iranians. National Insurance system provided for up to 100% of the wages during retirement.

-Stable and Reasonable Cost of Renting or Buying of Residential Properties (1977). Controls were placed on land prices and various forms of land speculation.

-Introduction of Measures to Fight against Corruption within the bureaucracy. Imperial Inspection Commission was founded, consisting of representatives from administrative bodies and people of proven integrity.

[edit]Aftermath

There was a minor industrial revolution during this period of reform. Port facilities were improved, the Trans-Iranian Railway was expanded, and the main roads connecting Tehran and provincial capitals were asphalted. Many small factories opened up specializing in clothing, food processing, cement, tiles, paper, and home appliances. Larger factories for textiles, machine tools, and car assembly were also opened.[7] Educational institutions also grew after the launching of the White Revolution. Enrollment in kindergarten increased from 13,300 to 221,990, elementary schools from 1,640,000 to 4,080,000, secondary schools from 370,000 to 741,000 and colleges from 24,885 to 145,210. Not only were new schools opening, but they were also instituting new educational policies designed to undercut clerical control over education and religious education. The Literacy Corps also helped raised the literacy rate from 26 to 42 percent. The White Revolution also included certain reforms of women’s rights. Women gained the right to vote, to run for elected office and to serve as lawyers and later judges. The marriageable age for women was also raised to fifteen.[8]

And then the Islamic trash took over. Damn shame.

Yup, drove the country back to 7th century Medieval Islamic savagery mindset. One of the greatest tragedies. Of course "the powers that be" that instigated and nurtured the revolt against the Shah, did not give a crap. They got 20 years of low oil prices, massive arms sales on both sides of the Iran / Iraq war at black market prices, and a total destruction of two of the worlds greatest military powers. Hopefully Iran will rise from the ashes of these barbaric animals.

"What you see is not what you get"

 

[Jos]

How true

 

[High_Gravity]

Muslims societies permit very little deviance from "the code". Those who object are either killed or escape and go in hiding. That is why very few Muslims have the bravery to stand up and say something, they know it is like a death sentence.

Thats a shame, I met many Iranians in exile when I was in California, some were Jews, some were Muslims, the best fucking people I ever met.

That's true. Iranians Jew or Muslim take pride in being Iranian, as you would expect an American to be. You only find the extremists in Iran and some assholes like Jos that are holdouts. Majority of Iranian people in Iran want the regime and the religious lunatics out, but are too afraid to rise up. They are too barbaric. Remember, the Islamist animals in Iran TEACH Syria's Aasad how to survive the uprising by brutalizing his people.

And its a shame, the Persian people deserve so much better than the regime they currently have.

 

[Roudy]

Thats a shame, I met many Iranians in exile when I was in California, some were Jews, some were Muslims, the best fucking people I ever met.

That's true. Iranians Jew or Muslim take pride in being Iranian, as you would expect an American to be. You only find the extremists in Iran and some assholes like Jos that are holdouts. Majority of Iranian people in Iran want the regime and the religious lunatics out, but are too afraid to rise up. They are too barbaric. Remember, the Islamist animals in Iran TEACH Syria's Aasad how to survive the uprising by brutalizing his people.

And its a shame, the Persian people deserve so much better than the regime they currently have.

They sure do.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VALl4f5aSk&playnext=1&list=PL16D0D5014E2B5F84&feature=results_main"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VALl4f5aSk&playnext=1&list=PL16D0D5014E2B5F84&feature=results_main[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ciO4skZFU]Iran - Before and After 1979 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g3ynNvbQPg]Iran before islamic revolution in 1979 Golden years of Shah - YouTube[/ame]

 

[eots]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaOFPzNfXmA]Shah of Iran - Jewish Media Control & Jewish Lobby - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Jos]

this is the Palestine/Israeli thread, the Persian/Iranian one is two doors down on the right

 

[High_Gravity]

this is the Palestine/Israeli thread, the Persian/Iranian one is two doors down on the right

I'm going there, they have better food.

 

[Roudy]

Shah of Iran - Jewish Media Control & Jewish Lobby - YouTube

He wasn't perfect. You have US presidents saying the same kinds of things. At the end of the day these were his personal beliefs, they had no effect on the national and social policies of Iran. But I'm glad that you're reaching the conclusion that he wasn't a "US / Western Puppet" and was removed because he was not towing their "line". Do you get it now?

 

[High_Gravity]

The Shah was a pussycat compared to these butchers running the show in Iran now.

 

[Jos]

I thought maybe they would spare me torture but everyone knew of Arash's special torture. He was proud that he had learned this method in Israel,

Cries from the heart: History of torture and abuse of women in Iranian prisons

 

[Roudy]

Ha ha. Islamist animals brought nothing but darkness and misery to women.

[edit]Shah's era
The shah's government began its "White Revolution" in 1962 and ratified important women's rights measures, including suffrage and the Family Protection Law of 1967, later amended more heavily in favor of women in 1975, which ended extrajudicial divorce and restricted polygamy.[3]
[edit]Islamic Republic
Main article: Women in Iran
[edit]Women and the Iranian Revolution
The Islamic republic of Ayatollah Khomeini severely curtailed rights that women had become accustomed to under the shah.[4] Within months of the founding of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 1967 Family Protection Law was repealed; female government workers were forced to observe Islamic dress code; women were barred from becoming judges; beaches and sports were sex-segregated; the legal age of marriage for girls was reduced to 9 (later raised to 13); and married women were barred from attending regular schools.[3]
Almost immediately women protested these policies.[4][6] The Islamic revolution is ideologically committed to inequality for women in inheritance and other areas of the civil code; and especially committed to segregation of the sexes. Many places, from "schoolrooms to ski slopes to public buses", are strictly segregated. Females caught by revolutionary officials in a mixed-sex situation can be subject to virginity tests.[7]
[edit]Hijab
"Bad hijab" ― exposure of any part of the body other than hands and face – is subject to punishment of up to 70 lashes or 60 days imprisonment.[8][9] In April 2007, the Tehran police, (which is under Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's supervision), began the most fierce crackdown on what is known as "bad hijab" in more than a decade. In the capital Tehran thousands of Iranian women were cautioned over their poor Islamic dress and several hundred arrested.[10]