{"id":1816,"date":"2022-12-06T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T08:01:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-12-06T12:14:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T09:14:37","slug":"iranian-women-explain-this-is-not-just-about-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/iranian-women-explain-this-is-not-just-about-hijab\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian women: This is not just about hijab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<em>From the beginning of the revolution we were told that those in power shouldn\u2019t be criticized, but if we had been allowed to criticize, we wouldn\u2019t have so much embezzlement, theft and betrayal.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These were the words of Azam Taleghani, who was among the most prominent individuals of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and being among the four women representatives of the first parliament after the Revolution, in one of her speeches right before her death in 2019. Azam Taleghani, who was imprisoned under the Shah regime and whose father was a quite influential cleric, has been saying about the parliamentary debates regarding the compulsory hijab \u201cIf the same obligation was not given on men, then this cannot be obligated on women either\u201d. Quite interestingly, Taleghani never took off her dark veil called \u201cchador\u201d during her entire political career, or even after that. And her countless applications for presidential candidacy with her dark veil, has ended in the same way as it did with all other women: It was rejected by the Constitutional Council.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do these women want?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>43 years after the revolution made by Taleghani and many other women and men, against the imperialism and its inner collaborator the Shah regime, the Iranian women are once again on the streets at the forefront. This wave of pretests that began after Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran and died soon after in custody, is the largest wave of protests ever since the 1979 Revolution. Iranian people are taking on the streets in almost all provinces of the country. So, what are the demands from the streets, what do these women want, to what extent does the Iranian society support these protests and where does imperialism stand in the face of these protests? When the provocative reports from the west and the social media misinformation is combined with harsh internet restrictions, it gets very hard to reach any information from the region. Restrictions and misinformation have reduced the demands of the street protesters down to the issue of compulsory hijab practices.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1817\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1817\" class=\"wp-image-1817 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AA-20221205-29648686-29648676-IRAN_GENEL_BASSAVCISI_AHLAK_POLISI_GECMISTE_NEREDE_KURULDUYSA_ORADA_KAPATILMISTIR-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AA-20221205-29648686-29648676-IRAN_GENEL_BASSAVCISI_AHLAK_POLISI_GECMISTE_NEREDE_KURULDUYSA_ORADA_KAPATILMISTIR-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AA-20221205-29648686-29648676-IRAN_GENEL_BASSAVCISI_AHLAK_POLISI_GECMISTE_NEREDE_KURULDUYSA_ORADA_KAPATILMISTIR-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AA-20221205-29648686-29648676-IRAN_GENEL_BASSAVCISI_AHLAK_POLISI_GECMISTE_NEREDE_KURULDUYSA_ORADA_KAPATILMISTIR-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AA-20221205-29648686-29648676-IRAN_GENEL_BASSAVCISI_AHLAK_POLISI_GECMISTE_NEREDE_KURULDUYSA_ORADA_KAPATILMISTIR.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It is seen that some women do not wear hijab on the streets of Tehran after the protests. (December 5, 2022).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0PHOTO: Fatemeh Bahrami\/AA<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8216;The main problem is The Constitution&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, the Iranian women tell that the compulsory hijab practices, that were stereotyped with the Iranian women, have already relaxed in most regions before the protests. According to them hijab is not a problem on its own. A small textile business owner Vida S. (39) stated that the restrictions were mostly ignored before the protests, while driving or in public places such as cafes: \u201cEspecially after the protests, most women go out in the streets with their hair unveiled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A housewife Sara N. (38) also states that the compulsory hijab does not affect the social life deeply, on its own. However, she thinks that women should be free to wear the outfit they desire, just as men do. A schoolteacher from Tabriz Nasrin N. (42) stated the following on the compulsory hijab, which she defined as a formality and as an artificial practice: \u201cThe main problem that affects the social life, are the practices that are caused by the Sharia Law. For example, men can \u201cdivorce\u201d their wives as they wish, after paying a one-time allowance called mahr. The same does not apply for women. A woman could not \u201cdivorce\u201d her husband because she did not love him. She has to prove there is a heavy misconduct of the man, which allows the woman to get a divorce, such as domestic violence or drug abuse. And even if she gets the divorce, she could not get the child\u2019s custody after the age of 7, if the man is still not keeping the same manners mentioned above. A woman cannot get a passport without her husband\u2019s or her father\u2019s permission. She cannot get an equal share of the inheritance as her male siblings. They cannot be judges, or even witnesses at homicide cases. And even at other trials, a female witness is given half credibility of a male witness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1818\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1818\" class=\"wp-image-1818 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Seyahat-Kolaj-1-min-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Seyahat-Kolaj-1-min-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Seyahat-Kolaj-1-min-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Seyahat-Kolaj-1-min-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Seyahat-Kolaj-1-min-1536x1154.png 1536w, https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Seyahat-Kolaj-1-min.png 1743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara (left), Seher (upper right) and Nesrin (lower right)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8216;The conditions were already there, hijab just ignited the fire&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vida tells that the main problem that took all these people to the streets, were economic. Nasrin says \u201cIranian currency is constantly losing value. Our purchasing power has dropped significantly, people are struggling to survive. The hijab just ignited the protests, in such state of turmoil. It is not just the women, but everyone is taking on the streets. This is a revolutionary movement\u201d. And when I asked one of my Iranian friends, who has not taken off her veil even in Turkiye and whom I know very closely, whether these protests were actually because of hijab or not, she responded \u201cDid you join the Gezi Park protests in 2013 because of just trees?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sahar, whose entire youth was spent in Tehran and was spent with \u201cthe fear of going to hell because of her hair\u201d, says hijab is also one of the main issues. Sahar speaks of the difficulties she had 30 years ago when she studies arts in university: \u201cA group of theology students would come to us and call us \u2018degenerates\u2019. I was subjected to a lot of discrimination as a woman playing a music instrument. I was not allowed to play in front of men, I needed a license for concerts. Or some of our song lyrics were censored because it had sexual meanings, even if these songs belonged to a famous Islamic cleric\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Women are pushed into two different lifestyles&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sahar says that women are subjected to severe discrimination because they were only perceived sexually and are pushed into having two different lifestyles one out in the streets, and one at home. Sahar says that women are being treated as \u201csecond class citizens\u201d: \u201cLaws are heavily on men\u2019s favor in marriages, in business and in inheritance. However in all developed and developing countries, law are supposed to protect women and children. It is exactly the opposite in Iran. We wish for a new constitution in which we are represented as equals with men; we demand freedom of speech, freedom to criticize and to have universal suffrage in elections that are made free and fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claiming that religion and politics should be separated, Vida describes her demands as follows: \u201cI do not want to be seen or treated as a terrorist. We want better life conditions as we deserve as the Iranian people\u201d. Sara also has no other expectations other than \u201ca normal life which men and women have same rights\u201d. The obstetrician Delara N. (53) also says she wants live a \u201cnormal life\u201d. For her, the way to do this is to \u201cgive women all the rights they deserve in social, political and private life that which would be all aspects of a human life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;The fear of the imperialists&#8230;&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We asked them about the support messages for the protests in Iran, from the USA and EU. All women we have spoken to have a clear stance against the US and EU. Vida says \u201cThe intellect and the culture of the Iranian people are the reason for the imperialist powers\u2019 fears. That is why there is no chance that they would support our development as a nation. We would stay restricted until this problem is resolved and that is exactly what the imperialists want, they do not wish an Iran which has gotten over its internal problems. Therefore, the US and Europe also wants the current government to stay in power, for their own benefits. That is because the internal problems will stay as long as the government stays in power\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sara highlights that the globalization has severely damaged a country\u2019s will to take its own decisions not only in Iran but in all countries, and that the Western colonialism is no more legitimized through war but through \u201cproblems\u201d such as race or sectarianism, while adding that: \u201cThe West does not see any benefits from the consequences of these protests. If they ever knew they would benefit from this, they would put out a much more decisive intervention\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>And according to Nasrin, who said the US and Europe is not content with these protests since they do not desire a peaceful Middle East, the messages of support from the West are just a fa\u00e7ade and not quite sincere: \u201cThey do not want to subject Iranians. We have already seen the examples of their subjugations from Iraq and Afghanistan\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1819\" style=\"width: 677px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1819\" class=\"wp-image-1819 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VIDA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VIDA.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VIDA-267x300.jpeg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vida says \u201cThe intellect and the culture of the Iranian people are the reason for the imperialist powers\u2019 fears.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The power behind these protests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All the demands that rise out of Iran is neither unexpected when we think about the women influence in universities, academia and the social life despite all the obstacles, nor is it unexpected to find the \u201cgreat powers\u201d looking for an opportunity whenever there is turmoil in our region \u2026 Despite all this, the demands of equality from women and economic demands from the public are balancing out with being an instrument to imperialism.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Taleghani was not a \u201cservant to the US\u201d or a \u201cWestern lapdog\u201d or a \u201ctraitor\u201d, nether are Sahar, Sara or Vida who were forced to take on streets for the sake of having a normal life. The things that happened, show that those who are benefitting from the Sharia Law, need to finally listen to the women that have suffered from it.<\/p>\n<p>The economic crisis that is deepening by each day and enslaving the population to severe poverty under heavy sanctions from the West, stands as one of the bigger factors behind the protests in Iran. The Iranians know very well about the conditions for these bursts, during which great changes took place. The Iranian clergy was not able to stand against the Shah before its own interests were actually threatened with a land reform and before the merchants connected to the clergy were threatened by the global industries. And this was during when the most radical \u201creforms\u201d were taking place, including the ban on hijab. The clergy only remembered its authority of inspecting the laws according to the Sharia Law in the land reforms of 1963, since when they first got this right in the first constitution of Iran in 1906 constitution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nature will take its course<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, it is \u201cin accordance with the usual situation\u201d when a class a group or an individual to raise their voices when their economic assurances are taken away and when they are suffering through hardships and difficulties. Looking for a \u201cforeign intervention\u201d in such situations, is basically as wrong as rowing against the tide. No country, and especially not the United States, would not export any \u201crevolutions\u201d or \u201creforms\u201d to Iran, as easy as they did to Arab countries. That is because Iran is one of the two regional powers that has strong state traditions and great cultural accumulations, whose society relies on the concept of anti-imperialism. The Iranian government either finds a new course for this river tide, or \u201cdrains the entire river\u201d for now, which will flow even stronger in the next couple years. But sooner or later, that river has to flow towards its riverbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFrom the beginning of the revolution we were told that those in power shouldn\u2019t be criticized, but if we had been allowed to criticize, we wouldn\u2019t have so much embezzlement, theft and betrayal.\u201d These were the words of Azam Taleghani, who was among the most prominent individuals of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and being among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[913,503,779,911,912,919],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middleeast","tag-1979-revolution","tag-headline","tag-iran-protests","tag-iranian-women","tag-mahsa-amini","tag-tehran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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