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The Iranian Revolution and women
Many women supported Iran’s 1979 revolution against the monarchy.
Sharan Tabari spoke to Lucy Burns in 2014 about her experiences during, and after, the Iranian Revolution.
Many women supported Iran’s 1979 revolution against the monarchy but some later became disillusioned.
Islamic rules about how women dressed were just one of the things that women objected to.
Sharan Tabari spoke to Lucy Burns in 2014 about her experiences during, and after, the Iranian Revolution.
(Photo: Iranian women at the 1 May 1979 protest. Credit: Getty Images)
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