Via The National (Abu Dhabi):
The iconography dominating global television coverage of Iran’s biggest
demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution is stunning: women are on the front line of the protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s allegedly fraudulent re-election. It is no surprise. They feel most robbed by his “stolen” victory.
“We feel cheated, frustrated and betrayed,” said an Iranian woman in a message circulated on Facebook. Iran’s energetic female activists are using the social networking site to mobilise opposition to Mr Ahmadinejad. Iranian women also have a dynamic presence on the country’s blogosphere – the biggest in the Middle East – which they are using to keep up popular momentum against the election outcome.
Many Iranian women will suspect that a prime reason the election was “stolen” was to keep them in their place.
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See also this video via Al Jazeera English regarding women being barred from running for President in Iran.
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