The world—along with, apparently, the U.N.’s “principal global policy-making body” for equal gender rights—has grown used to Tehran denying women’s right to choose their own husbands; the right to protection against violence; and the right to seek custody of their children in the event of divorce. Death-by-stoning for “adulterous” women is another of the Islamic Revolution’s contributions to the advancement of women. Iran’s penal code doesn’t recognize rape as a distinct offense, and allows a man to murder his wife and her lover if he catches them in the act, according to Freedom House.
