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In August 2019, the FFIRI lifted the ban on Iranian women's entry to football stadiums for the first time in 40 years. [51] On September 8, 2019, Sahar Khodayari self-immolated after being arrested for trying to enter a stadium. Following that incident, FIFA assured that Iranian women are able to attend stadiums starting from October 2019. [52]
After the 1979 Iranian revolution, the hijab became the mandatory dress code for all Iranian women by the order of Ayatollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of the new Islamic Republic. [1] Hijab was seen as a symbol of piety, dignity, and identity for Muslim women. [2]
Iranian women rights activists determined education is a key for the country's women and society; they argued giving women education was best for Iran because mothers would raise better sons for their country. [96] Many Iranian women, including Jaleh Amouzgar, Eliz Sanasarian, Janet Afary, and Alenush Terian have been influential in the sciences.
Iranian women are fighting to recover our dignity and exercise our personal freedoms so that, one day, all Iranians can choose our government in free and fair elections. We shouldn’t be afraid ...
The wearing of a hijab (or headscarf) in public is mandatory for women under Iran’s strict interpretation of Islamic law that is enforced by the country’s so-called morality police.
A new bill before Iran's parliament could make penalties for women even more serious. It calls for fines of up to 360 million Iranian rials ($720) and prison sentences for women without the headscarf.
Islamic feminists, or more accurately Muslim feminists, are women rights advocates who seek to improve the status of women through more favorable interpretations of Islamic law, supporting what is called "Dynamic Interpretation" (Feqh-e pouya in Persian). Some Muslim feminists prefer the term "indigenous feminists" (feminist-e boomi).
The courageous women who were on the streets after the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian morality police custody have made a lasting difference, writes Mahnaz Afkhami.