Iran Focus
Women bear brunt of Tehran’s crackdown
This article is about the mistreatment of Iranian women activists in prison. It was written on April 28, 2007 by an Iranian woman named Scheherazade Faramarzi. This could be important because she might be able to really relate to the women she is writing about. But it seems that she is writing in a purely objective fashion and her emotions aren’t really been shown, since most of the opinions in her article are in quotes:
“…women activists accused of receiving foreign funds to stir up dissent in Iran. But their real crime, says Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, was gathering peacefully outside Tehran’s Revolutionary Court in support of five fellow activists on trial for demanding changes in laws that discriminate against women.”
But it does seem that everything she has written in this article is negatively showing the government:
“It is drafting a law to limit women students to half the places in college, instead of the 65 percent they now occupy. It is also restricting women’s entry to medical schools, arguing that they put a strain on limited – and sexually segregated – dormitory and transportation facilities.”
“Over the past 10 months, security forces have “become more and more aggressive even as women’s actions have become more peaceful and tame,” said Jila Baniyaghoub, an activist who has also spent time in jail.”
That, alone, could mean that she doesn’t support the mistreatment of these women. I believe that this article is aimed towards Iranian activists, expats, educated or purely interested people.
Florence Johannot
Faramarzi, Scheherezade. “Women bear brunt of Tehran’s crackdown .” Iran Focus – Women bear brunt of Tehran’s crackdown . 28 April 2007. Iran Focus. 12 May 2008 <http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view
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