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Despite International Women's Day celebrations today, women in Iran still struggle for basic rights. The country's conservative authorities forbid women from simple activities such as watching the World Cup qualifying soccer game live in a stadium. More prominent are restrictions on their legal and civil rights. Women in Iran can inherit only half as much of their parents' wealth as their brothers. Their husbands can marry more than one woman, and automatically get custody of children after a divorce. Women can be jailed or hanged for defying the dress code, and they can be stoned to death for adultery. Since the 1979 overthrow of the Shah, the fundamentalist governments dominated by clerics have stressed the traditional role of women and restricted their civil rights and participation in political activities. The changes of women's conditions are very minor, only about surface things. But the limitations on basic rights and the legislation infrastructure haven't been changed at all Iranian women are better-educated and more politically sophisticated than many of their Muslim neighbors. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization reports that the literacy rate of Iranian women is 70 percent, compared with an average 46.2 percent in the Middle East. A large number of Iranian women hold professional jobs in journalism, medicine or law, or become human-rights activists. Up to 70 percent of university students in Iran are female.
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What was the site of the US embassy in Iran where militants seized 52 Americans on November 4 1979 and held the hostages for 444 days before releasing them?
Tehran, Iran.
What personal freedoms and voting rights can a citizen exercise in Iran?
the citizens of iran have the freedom of speech but not freedom of press
What year did Ayatollah Khomeini come to power in Iran?
1979 with the overthrow of the shah's government.
When did Iran fall?
Iran has not fallen. It's still here. The Shah fell in 1979.
What monarchy became a republic in 1979?
Iran
What are Iran's personal freedoms?
Iran lacks most basic personal freedoms.
How can you be free when when you are living in Iran?
Iran has more freedoms than many countries in that area. Restrictions on women's clothing is not enforced as often as in 1979, when the Revolution was new.They have a (partial) democracy, more than in most Muslim countries.However, the religious establishment is more powerful than the democratic structures.Anti-Islamic sentiment is suppressed.
How did Iran's policy toward the US change after the revolution of 1979?
Before 1979, Iran was very friendly and welcoming to the US. Iran was a very close ally of the US. After the revolution of 1979, the Iranian government declared the US a satanic nation.
What was the head of state in Iran called before the revolution of 1979?
Shah
What year did Ayatollah Khomeini take control of Iran?
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was born in Iran. He went into exile on November 4, 1964 and came back on February 1, 1979, a few weeks after the Shah of Iran went into exile (on January 17, 1979).
What was the site of the US embassy in Iran where militants seized 52 Americans on November 4 1979 and held the hostages for 444 days before releasing them?
Tehran, Iran.
Does Iran have more individual freedom than Vatican City or does Vatican City have high individual freedom than Iran?
The Vatican has more freedoms than Iran.
What radical Islamic revolution occurred in which country in 1979?
It was the revolution in Iran in year 1979 against the reign of Shah Iran Reda Bahalwi. Accordingly, the Islamic Republic in Iran was established.
What personal freedoms and voting rights can a citizen exercise in Iran?
the citizens of iran have the freedom of speech but not freedom of press
In 1979 in 1979 what stopped the flow of oil from Iran?
A revolution
When did women get the right to vote in Iran?
women in Iran got the pref ledge to vote in1963
Why would people move from Iran to Australia?
For study and work.Many Iranians also seek the political and personal freedoms afforded to them in Australia which they do not have in Iran.
