Even though I turned into Autumn I am more beautiful now/ A letter of suffering by Bahareh, victim of rape / arrested in July 2009 at Ghoba Mosque

ELISABETH LÖFGREN
DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT AND PERSECTION
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR WOMEN IN IRAN

Nooshabeh Amiri
During the Shah’s period and under the Islamic republic Iranian women have been prevented from joining the modern world because this is what the despotic governments wanted.

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Iranian Women figured prominently in the 10th presidential elections of June 2009, in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner by a wide margin

"Minio", a young Iranian who was detained during the post-election repression, describes the humiliating experiences she went through at the hands of her jailers