lunes, 9 de marzo de 2026

SPECIAL | CHAPTER 4: The Rights of Iranian Women

  

 


Reading the graphic novel "Persepolis", we can get an idea of the change from the Shah's rule to that of the alatoyahs.


The discrimination and exclusion of women by the theocratic regime seriously violates a fundamental principle of international human rights law such as equality and non-discrimination, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in treaties that Iran has ratified and is obliged to comply with. such as the Charter of the United Nations and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Many governments forget that international treaties are mandatory

And it does so, furthermore, without considering repressive means or methods.

A good example of this is the relentless surveillance of the 'morality police' to impose Islamic laws that require the female population of nine years or older to cover their hair with a veil. The officers tour the cities and can stop any woman to check if she is showing strands of hair, but also if her pants and coat seem short, if they consider her clothes too colorful or too tight, or if they think she is wearing too much. make-up.




Patricia López Muñoz 
Student of English Studies 
Higher Technician in Sociocultural Animation
Specialist in Immigration
Higher Technician in Social Integration

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SPECIAL | CHAPTER 4: The Rights of Iranian Women

      Reading the graphic novel "Persepolis", we can get an idea of the change from the Shah's rule to that of the alatoyahs. ...