Abuse of Iranian Women Under IRI Rule

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Abuse of Iranian Women Under IRI Rule
by Onlyiran
03-Sep-2009
 

Women in Iran have been some of the biggest victims of the IRI.  While the IRI is an equal opportunity offender of men and women when it comes to human rights, women have especially been the target of the IRI’s chauvinistic doctrine.  Since that Islamo-mafia government of Ayatooleh Khomeini took power in Iran, the following rights have been taken away from women in Iran:

-The right to wear what they want;

-The right to become judges;

-The right to be a dignified witness in court (their testimony is worth half of a man’s testimony);

-The right to equal inheritance;

-The right to get custody of their children in divorce proceedings (except in very limited circumstances);

-The right to divorce their husbands (again, except in very limited circumstances);

-The right to become president of the country;

-The right to join the regular military.

The deprivation of these rights has had a catastrophic impact on many women and their families in Iran.  I happen to personally know a close relative in Iran who had to endure years of emotional (and sometimes even physical) abuse at the hands of her husband just so that she didn’t lose custody of her children.  She was afraid to file for a divorce because he constantly threatened her that he will take her daughters away from her.  The situation was awful for the daughters as well, because they too saw the abuse, but could not help their mother.  I am sure that the abusive situation will haunt them in their relationships as well. 

 May we look forward to the day when Iranian women can once again become citizens with equal rights in the Iranian society.

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Azarin Sadegh

Is that scary "thing" in the picture a woman?

by Azarin Sadegh on Sat Sep 05, 2009 01:58 PM PDT

I share your hopes and values...and thank you for this painful reminder!

Azarin

PS: BTW, that thing in the picture is Parvin Hosseini.


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Fatollah

Women in Iran are first

by Fatollah on Sat Sep 05, 2009 07:30 AM PDT

Women in Iran are first victims of our own culture, our culture is in turn heavily influenced by the religion of Islam. Then comes the Revolution of 1979 which essentially takes away all the legal rights women of Iran had obtained prior to the Revolution! In today's Iran the laws are against them in every aspect of their lives.

God knows what goes on in the heads of these "sick" individuals who covern and rule our country today!

It doesn't surprise me a bit when I notice how brave Iranian women have become today compared to the prior generation of Iranians and the reasons are obvious.

-F


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Shazde Asdola Mirza

Thanks for giving a voice to the victims

by Shazde Asdola Mirza on Fri Sep 04, 2009 07:06 PM PDT

Every voice counts! Every action counts!


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pars35

Just Mean, Jealous and Brainless

by pars35 on Fri Sep 04, 2009 03:30 PM PDT






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I have never read Quran . But I was told by numerous religion scholars, there is no mention of head scarf in this book. The brutality that our Iranian women are treated is beyond me.

Women are the foundation every societies, man just there in support rule.

All societies treat their weak (i.e black in America, Indian’s in south America, etc.) with disregard and disrespect. Iranian and Arabs pick on their women??? when women abuse other women, it can only be Jealousy

 

 

 

 


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Onlyiran

Humiliation, Hopelessness and Lack of Dignity

by Onlyiran on Thu Sep 03, 2009 09:07 PM PDT

I guess the most importatnt effect of IRI's abuse is the sense of humilition, lack of human dignity and the sense of hopelessness that they have created in the majority of Iran's female population, especially when it comes to basic choices that an an individual should be able to freely make, such as the choice of what to wear. 

Shepesh: Thank you for the additional info.  Very interesting.

Iraneh Azad:  Yes, that bothers me too.  Especially when they claim that the IRI is going to "reform" at some point and become a democractic system.  They're in denial.  It's like the band on the deck of the Titanic, which kept on playing as the ship went down.

Yolanda: AN's comments in that reagrd are just BS like everythnig else that comes out of IRI officials' mouth.


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yolanda

The women.....

by yolanda on Thu Sep 03, 2009 07:12 PM PDT

The women in the picture looked scary! It looks like their noses were about to touch! The whole thing is just purely sad! AN said that Iranian women enjoy the highest freedom in the world, but his wife looks like this:

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Sad! AN's wife looks sad, too!

Thanks for the article and I read the same stuff before many times!


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Iraneh Azad

Great post!

by Iraneh Azad on Thu Sep 03, 2009 06:55 PM PDT

You know what bothers me more? Iranians who claim this is the Iranian nation's will and its because of IRI's "democratic" system.


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We are still in the Middle Ages

by Shepesh on Thu Sep 03, 2009 03:14 PM PDT

Girls can legally be forced into marriage at the age of 13.

Men have the right to divorce their wives whenever they wish, and are granted custody of any children over the age of 7.  

Men can ban their wives from working outside the home, and can engage in polygamy.

By law, women may inherit from their parents only half the shares of their brothers.

Their court testimony is worth half that of a man.

Although the state has taken steps to discourage stoning, it remains in the penal code as the punishment for women who commit adultery. A group that calls itself Meydaan has earned international recognition for pressing the government to stop stonings.

 A woman who refuses to cover her hair faces jail and up to 80 lashes.  Women face fierce resistance when they organize to change the law. The Campaign for One Million Signatures was founded in 2005, inspired by a movement in Morocco that led to a loosening of misogynist laws. The idea was to collect one million signatures for a petition calling on authorities to give women more equal footing in the laws on marriage, divorce, adultery and polygamy. But Iran’s government has come down hard on the group, charging many of its founders with trying to overthrow it; 47 members have been jailed so far, including 3 who were arrested late last month. Many still face charges, and six members are forbidden to leave the country. One member, Alieh Eghdamdoust, began a three-year jail sentence last month for participating in a women’s demonstration in 2006. The group’s Web site, www.we-change.org, has been blocked by the authorities 18 times.

      


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