Three Wives Attempt Suicide After Argument
Reuters: All three wives of a 67-year-old Iranian man took overdoses in an unsuccessful triple suicide attempt after the youngest wife bought an expensive pair of boots, a news agency reported on Sunday. Reuters: All three wives of a 67-year-old Iranian man took overdoses in an unsuccessful triple suicide attempt after the youngest wife bought an expensive pair of boots, a news agency reported on Sunday. Gender equality is tyranny against men, says Iranian woman MP
AFP: An Iranian woman lawmaker is backing the removal ofthe concept of gender equality from a state development plan
in order to prevent the "bullying" of men, the state news
agency IRNA reported on Saturday.
"Bringing up the issue of gender justice is a case of bullying men," the female deputy, Eshrat Shayeghi told the agency.
Students protest forced veiling
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 19 - Students of Irans Azad University in the town of Meybod demonstrated against new measures to force female students to wear the Chador (an Islamic veil that covers women from head to toe). The students also released a statement condemning the new suppressive regulations. Iranian women barred from standing in presidential vote
AFP: Iranian women have been barred from standing in next year's presidential election after a powerful conservative body stood by its literal interpretation of a single but ambiguousword in the constitution.
Young victims of Iran quake being sold to human traffickers
Iran Focus: Bam, Sep. 30 Nine months after a devastating earthquake that left behind over 50,000 people dead and more than 90,000 homeless, a new specter is haunting thewretched survivors of that natural disaster. Human trafficking has become a booming business, as orphaned girls and the children of impoverished families are being picked up by organized crime gangs.
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