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"As protests in Iran drag on into their fourth week over the violent death in
custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, there are two central questions.
The first is whether these protests involving women and girls across Iran are
different from upheavals in the past, or will simply end the same way with the
regime stifling a popular uprising.
The second question is what can, and should, the outside world do about
extraordinarily brave demonstrations against an ageing and ruthless regime that
has shown itself to be unwilling, and possibly unable, to allow greater
freedoms?
The symbolic issue for Iran’s protest movement is a requirement, imposed by
morality police, that women and girls wear the hijab, or headscarf. In reality,
these protests are the result of a much wider revolt against discrimination and
prejudice.
Put simply, women are fed up with a regime that has sought to impose rigid
rules on what is, and is not, permissible for women in a theocratic society
whose guidelines are little changed since the overthrow of the Shah in 1979."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
