http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:49:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1189835 Question 8: If Iranians want democracy why don’t they overthrow the regime? Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:55:47 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/#comment-1189835 [...] It needs to bare its teeth every once in awhile as in the case of the crackdown on [...] [...] It needs to bare its teeth every once in awhile as in the case of the crackdown on [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1174161 Global Voices Online » Iran: A Bloody Face Symbolizes the Violent Repression of Women Sat, 26 May 2007 22:00:42 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/#comment-1174161 [...] The Iranian police continue with their crackdown on female dress and there have been more victims of police violence each day. [...] [...] The Iranian police continue with their crackdown on female dress and there have been more victims of police violence each day. [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1124792 Global Voices Online » Iran: Police Officer Kicks Woman Thu, 17 May 2007 06:17:25 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/#comment-1124792 [...] Iranian authorities are fighting against women on at least two fronts. On one side, women activists protesting for equal rights are sent to prison and persecuted. On the other side, Iranian police officers continue with a nationwide crackdown aimed at making women abide by Iran’s Islamic dress code. Although the head of judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroud, criticized the police action, the operation still goes on. Thousands of women have been warned and hundreds arrested for wearing overly loose headscarves or excessively tight coats. [...] [...] Iranian authorities are fighting against women on at least two fronts. On one side, women activists protesting for equal rights are sent to prison and persecuted. On the other side, Iranian police officers continue with a nationwide crackdown aimed at making women abide by Iran’s Islamic dress code. Although the head of judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroud, criticized the police action, the operation still goes on. Thousands of women have been warned and hundreds arrested for wearing overly loose headscarves or excessively tight coats. [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1123176 Mark Wed, 16 May 2007 21:27:37 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/30/iran-crackdown-on-women-again/#comment-1123176 Are the Iranian people getting tired of this yet? Are the Iranian people getting tired of this yet?

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