Margaret Hoover interviewed Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad about conditions for women in Iran. The interview was conducted in 2022 but it might as well have been conducted two weeks ago.
Alenijad is an outspoken critic of the mullahs’ repressive regime. She left Iran and moved to Brooklyn. Because she received death threats, she was transferred to a safe house.
She is highly critical of American leaders who thought they could cut a deal with the Iranian leaders. Like Biden, Obama, and Clinton.
I wish someone would interview her now.
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Just stop. Iranian colleges are 60% women. There is no official requirement for women to wear head coverings or burkas. Stop listening to Iranian expats asking to have their country bombed – it’s grotesque. The actual Iranian people – the ones who live there – are rallying behind the Ayatollah’s son. Anyway, it’s not like women’s rights in this country are anything to brag about – take the log out of your own eye before you worry about the speck in others’.
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Women in Iran are required to cover their heads and to dress modestly. In 2022, many young women joined a protest movement because a young woman named Mahsa Amini died in police custody for refusing to cover her head.
Iran’s “Morality Police” enforce proper dress for women.
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https://x.com/snarwani/status/1602078622180904960
https://thecradle.co/articles/iran-to-veil-or-not-to-veil
Anyway, so, again, if you’re so concerned about women in Iran, why are you not concerned about women in Saudi Arabia who are far more oppressed? Ever wonder why the media doesn’t cover Saudi women?
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From wikipedia: Women are required by law to wear the hijab in public and must cover their hair and bodies, except for the face and hands. Non-compliance with the Islamic dress code can lead to legal penalties and, in some cases, violence by enforcement authorities.
From factuallydotco: Compulsory veiling has long been a national policy; proposed post‑2022 laws would criminalize exposing hair, forearms or lower legs and carry heavier fines, prison terms and reporting duties for businesses, although some legislative moves have been paused amid domestic and international outcry [7][8]. Enforcement of hijab rules by morality police has produced arrests, fines, and in some documented cases physical violence and lethal confrontations that catalyzed nationwide protest after Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022
Gee, morality police, why don’t we have that? (sarcasm alert)
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I just watched an interview with Robert Pape on The Majority Report about his book Bombing to Win. His research shows that wars cannot be won through air power alone. He also argues that assassinating the Ayatollah would likely have the opposite effect the Trump administration intends—rather than weakening the regime, it could rally Iranians around the theocracy and strengthen its support. If that happens, it will also make it much harder for courageous dissidents like Masih Alinejad to win support inside Iran, because external military pressure often pushes people to rally around their government, even if they oppose it.
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https://x.com/NormalIslandNws/status/2030959444876480931
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I agree that it would be an interesting interview. No one believes the present war is being fought against purveyors of kindness and freedom. But its prosecution should be wise and practical if it is to be effective. This legality is the number one concern. We have built the post-World War II world on the notion that collective action is a way to legalize control of totalitarian ambitions. In Korea and Afghanistan, nations that chose to abide by international laws and agreements were able to hold in check the designs of the aggressors. When we have stepped out of that framework, it has hurt us badly. Vietnam and Iraq are two examples. By contrast, the much maligned Carter agreement to manage the Panama Canal produced stability, despite the constant opposition from American radical voices.
We all love a cowboy movie. But diplomacy is real, and generally leads out of a morass rather than into one.
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Some US governors are trying to act as de facto morality police when they intrude into the personal lives of American women, and they restrict women’s body autonomy. Some governors have proposed monitoring women’s menstrual cycles, and others are trying to monitor their borders to arrest women they believe are going to terminate a pregnancy. Hijabs are not the only way to attempt to control and intimidate women.
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i have no doubt in opinion polls that said 80% of Iranians people wanted change. The question is how far were the vast majority of them willing to go to secure change.
The second question how many fewer will after weeks or months of American and Israeli bombing
Although some came joyfully to the streets when the Ayatollah was announced dead Those numbers were puny compared to what the Regime with only 20% support was able to turn out
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