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I am saying Iranian men hold all the positions of political power in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Lawmakers and judges reinstated polygamy, made it virtually impossible for women to divorce without their husband's consent, and condemned adulteresses to be stoned to death.
The legal age for marriage of a girl is 9 years old with parent,s consent, 13 years without.
This summer a female journalist was slain in Iranian custody.
A young mother was sentenced to death for killing her would-be rapist; her mode of dress had, the judge believed, “prepared the ground for her rape”.
Iran's appointed upper house, the Council of Guardians, vetoed the country's adherence to the UN's 1981 convention against sex discrimination.
Many official buildings do not admit women without a black chador, even though Islam has nothing against bright colours, and a coat and headscarf can be concealing.
The most recent available figures, from 1999, showed that 10% of women were part of the workforce, 3% less than the proportion in 1972. Although unemployment is high across the board, it is much higher among women than men. Senior positions in the civil service are overwhelmingly a man's preserve. And since it is not uncommon for male bureaucrats to use spurious sexual slurs as a means of keeping uppity female colleagues in their place, some women prefer not to work in government offices that are male dominated.
A 17-year-old prostitute arrested in Tehran's southern bus terminal, was condemned to 80 lashes and to a fine that was commuted, when she pleaded penury, to a three-month prison term. Upon her release, her brother tried to kill her for staining the family honour.
Two women were stoned to death in Iran in 2001, one for adultery and the other for appearing in a pornographic movie.
Long, shapeless black coats and head coverings have been mandatory women's wear - regardless of religion - since the country's Islamic revolution 24 years ago.
A bill calling on Iran to join an international agreement on women's rights has been rejected by the government's supervisory body.
A well-known Iranian actress has been given a suspended sentence of 74 lashes for kissing a man during an awards ceremony.
One fundamental fact is unchanged: politics is still the man’s domain, and the only women who enter the field are related, by blood or by marriage, to prominent men. As such, most women politicians are hostages, vulnerable to the political fortunes of these men, and only a few have managed to break free.
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