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The current state of the women’s movement in Iran
Women’s second-class status is enshrined in law in the People’s Republic — but Iranian women refuse to be bowed down in their struggle for justice and a life free from exploitation, says AZAR SEPEHR of the Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women
Iran women
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The economic system of the Islamic Republic is capitalism with an “Islamic ideology.”
It is dependent mainly on the export of oil and import of goods, creating fertile ground for rentiers, embezzlers and profiteers connected to the regime to thrive.
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