Women and the Islamic Republic: Emancipation or Suppression?
Middle East Institute/Payvand
22-Feb-2009

iIranian women have substantially increased their levels of education, economic power, political awareness and participation, and overall presence in public space. Legally, however, their subservience to male dominance within the family has increased. ..Under the Shah were based on new interpretations of Islamic law and were sanctioned by a group of the 'ulama', although opposed by Ayatollah Khomeini and some other members of the clergy.

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