Women in Iran defy fatwa by riding bikes in public
Women in Iran have been posting photos on social media of themselves riding bicycles, defying a fatwa forbidding them from cycling in public. It had been understood women that could cycle as long as religious concerns were respected. But when asked recently, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, said women were not allowed to cycle in public or in the presence of strangers. The issue came into focus earlier this year, when campaigners in Iran began marking to encourage people to leave their cars at home in the hope of cutting down on ...
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