THE NEW YORK TIMES
BY NINA ANSARY
The insistent cry for women’s freedom has been heard for hundreds of years in Iran. Twenty-five centuries ago in ancient Persia, women were in some ways more liberated than they are in modern Iran. There is often an ebb and flow to popular movements such as women’s liberation: enlightened progress appears inevitable until political, religious, or social forces turn back the tide with equal fervor.
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