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Iran Cleric: "God's Fury" Will Be Unleashed If Female Governors Allowed

Alarabiya | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

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A top hardline Iranian cleric said on Thursday that "God's fury" would be unleashed if Iran appoints women as governors of some provinces, as was rais...

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Iran: Male Clerics Call for Justice While Female Parliamentarians Advocate for Discriminatory Laws Against Women

Sara Dehghan | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Iranian Women, Ahmadinejad Cabinet, Fatemeh Ajorlou, Neda Agha Soltan, Taraneh Mousavi, Saideh Pour Aghaei, Iran Women's Rights, Iran Cabinet Female Members, Iran Rape, Iran Women's Movement, Election, Iran, Poor Aghayee, Parliament, Majlis, Saeedeh, World News
Sara Dehghan

In Iran, appointing loyal hardline females to ministries does not translate into women's equal rights. It is another cunning strategy by Ahmadinejad's government to fool the world.

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Iran's Women A Driving Force Behind Green Movement

GlobalPost | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Uprising, Iran Women's Rights, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Foreign Affairs, Iran Women, Iran Uprising 2009, Iran, Iran Women Protests, Iran Protests 2009, Iran Women's Movement, Advocacy, World News

Her eyes, wide open, she seemed to be staring into nothingness as her body was drained of its blood. The world watched Neda Agha-Soltan, a 26-year...

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Iran Election Puts Women's Rights In Focus: Gallup

Gallup | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

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The attention women's rights have received during Iran's presidential campaign has galvanized the country's electorate ahead of this Friday's election...

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Zahra Rahnavard: Iranian Presidential Race Altered By Mousavi's Wife

Newsweek | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard, Iran Women's Rights, Foreign Affairs, Iran Presidential Election, Iran Women, Iran, Dr. Zahra Rahnavard, Iranian Elections, Iranian Election, Advocacy, Iran Women's Movement, Rahnavard, Rahnavard Mousavi, Mousavi Zahra Rahnavard, Mousavi's Wife, World News

The crowd of young Iranians roared their approval as a group of burly men led the speaker to the stage. When the cordon of men opened up, it wasn't on...

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Iran's Women Are Taking On The Mullahs

The Independent | Katherine Butler | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Alieh Egham Doost, Women's Rights, Iranian Women, Iran Headscarf, Evin Prison, Shirin Ebadi, Iran, Iran Islamic Revolution, Mullahs, Sharia Law, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran Women's Movement, Women's Lives in Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

Zohreh Vatankhah slides into the driving seat of her BMW X3, flicks a switch to some pulsating Persian pop and we're soon zipping along the narrow lan...

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