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An Overview Of The Iranian Islamic Revolution And How It Affected Iranian Women
The Persian pleatue is always at the center of socio-political upheavals since the beginning of modern civilization. Iran – as a country and a society – has undergone several transformations that have shaped her socio-political fabric.
The Islamic Revolution (7 January 1978 – 11 February 1979) is one of the most significant movements in Iranian history that has influenced the country’s socio-political thought process on multiple fronts and continues to do so to this day. It culminated with the toppling of the Pahlavi Dynasty. It was an end of an era of unrest and discontentment, but it also triggered a new struggle for women, denting their cause for equal rights and empowerment.
Women who had benefitted due to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi’s ‘white revolution’ were affected the most, as the events that followed the Islamic Revolution restricted their role within the society, forcing them to resort to raising their voices against the so-called cultural sanctions. The sanctions implied were a good enough reason to distort their identities. And when the Supreme Leader made the hijab mandatory for females in the early 1980s, it was a setback for women, tarnishing their concept regarding freedom and self-confidence.
