Iran’s Protest Movement and Its Future
The Intercept Briefing
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The Importance of Women Life Freedom
The issue of mandatory hijab was basically a flashpoint in these recent protests. This is the first time in history actually that we see a feminist call being the clarion called to unify people across class and religion and gender divisions. We're seeing men stand with women. It's not the first women-led revolution in the world. But this idea that the simple demand for women life freedom is so basic and so obvious and yet it is so transformative and radical, really touches on every aspect of the nature of the state.
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