Women's Rights and Freedoms in the Islamic Republic

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News of mass amine's death has really inspired them to go out onto the streets. The protests have moved on from slowly being about whether women can wlk on the streets with or without avail. It's become less a question of islamic dress, but about the very nature of the islamic republic.

Women are burning their hijabs on bonfires and hacking off their hair—but the unrest has come to be about far more than the heavy hands of the morality police. The murder of Abe Shinzo, a former Japanese prime minister, exposed troubling government links to a cult-like sect; the fallout could unseat his successor. And using flying robots as 3D printers. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer