Iran :Voice of the Oppressed Women

Iran :Voice of the Oppressed Women

Iran:Do Women  have  any  rights  in Iran?

From the standpoint of the ruling regime and its dictated rules:

Women's most important responsibility is homemaking and raising children.

Women cannot leave their homes or travel abroad without their husbands' permission.

Women covering up is an essential principle which must be observed and safeguarded.

Women are not entitled to custody of their children.

Women's main occupation should not be jobs and employment.

Women must not sing since their voice is "Satanic".

Women must not enter sports stadiums since they are male environments.

Women must not defend themselves against rape otherwise they are executed.

Women are not trust worthy enough to be granted sensitive responsibilities.

Women are not trust worthy enough to be granted sensitive responsibilities.

Women are not qualified to serves as a judge or president.

 And the list goes on…

A brief glance over women's rights in today's Iran, leads us to conclude that women are sub-humans who virtually do not have any rights in life; but what is the truth?

The truth is that Iranian women have stood up to the mullahs' massive repression and have never surrendered to the misogynous regime.

Many died under torture, were executed by firing squads or kissed their hanging noose but did not budge and iota on the most important demand and needs of their nation, that is national sovereignty and democratic freedoms.

Many preferred to spend long years behind bars in the cold of dungeons and prison cells and go on hunger strike, forsaking their homes, families and loved ones. Others rose up everywhere in any factory, university and school to demand their rights.

Therefore, it could be rightly said that the most prominent distinction between the Iranian Resistance and the regime ruling Iran is on women's issue.

In 1985, the National Council of Resistance of Iran adopted a platform on the rights of women containing 13 articles. Then in September 1988, the Iranian Resistance's President-elect Maryam Rajavi completed that plan and offered a new ten-point plan on the rights of women to guarantee women's rights in the free Iran of tomorrow.

Contrary to the misogynous laws of the clerical regime, the plan recognizes all rights of women as equal and independent human beings and provides them the opportunity to advance in education, science, society, economy and politics to the highest levels.