In Iran, Women's Basij Leader Demands Persecution Of Gender-Rights Activism
The woman who leads female volunteers in Iran's hard-line conservative militia, the Basij, has identified a new foe. Minu Aslani has reportedly called the promotion of gender equality illegal and demanded that the country's powerful judiciary take action against people who speak out against such state-sponsored discrimination. "These activities are in fact against our laws and the judiciary should take action," the semiofficial Mehr news agency In the past, Aslani has condemned efforts to increase the number of women in parliament and ...
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