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‘Women are defined as second-class citizens at the mercy of men’
GITA AZADI of the Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women talks to the Star about Iran’s famous Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the misogyny of Islamist rule, and what women worldwide can do to show solidarity
An Iranian artist helps to create the Women Life Freedom mural on the side of St John's Church on Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
THE Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women has been fighting against systemic violence to women in Iran for many decades. Can you say something about the history of this fight? What is the main thrust of the campaign at present?
Thank you for inviting us for this interview on the anniversary of the international day for the elimination of violence against women.
The Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women (DOIW) was founded in 1943 to carry out work raising awareness of the rights of women in the emerging dependent capitalism in Iran.
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