{"id":228395,"date":"2020-10-24T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T11:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228395"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:37:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:37:46","slug":"womens-role-in-mek-in-contrast-to-mullahs-misogynism-inspires-irans-women-to-lead-struggle-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/womens-role-in-mek-in-contrast-to-mullahs-misogynism-inspires-irans-women-to-lead-struggle-for-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Role in MEK in Contrast To Mullahs\u2019 Misogynism Inspires Iran\u2019s Women To Lead Struggle for Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ever since Iran\u2019s 1979 revolution, the regime\u2019s medieval nature prevents the mullahs from resolving people\u2019s issues. The regime thus resorts to oppression to preserve its rule. Oppression of women is at the core of the regime\u2019s reactionary policies.<\/p>\n

When Ruhollah Khomeini hijacked Iran\u2019s anti-monarchic revolution, the misogynous slogan of \u201cheadscarf or oppression\u201d became one of the principal slogans of state organized thugs directed against women.<\/p>\n

\"women_protests_against_regime_24102020\"With this slogan, the mullahs\u2019 regime made wearing a \u201chijab\u201d mandatory through oppression and intimidation. They deprived Iranian women from their basic right of freedom of choice of garment.<\/p>\n

The slogan of \u201cheadscarf or oppression\u201d demonstrates the clerical regime\u2019s misogynous nature, and the regime\u2019s systematic oppression of women is a testament to this misogynous nature.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) as a Muslim organization and the regime\u2019s main opposition, since the revolution, has exposed the regime\u2019s reactionary nature and fought for women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n

The regime\u2019s discrimination has reached such a height that state analysts or the regime\u2019s officials are forced to acknowledge it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany political and governmental groups colluded to oppress women. For example, even women\u2019s protests against the mandatory veil were oppressed,\u201d said Fatemeh Sadeghi, a researcher in the field of women.<\/p>\n

She also referred to Iranian women\u2019s leading role during the recent major Iran protests. \u201cFor a society, which has witnessed various types of gender discrimination for 40 years, the [Iranian women\u2019s] leading role during protests demonstrates how women are challenging the gender contractual order,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In fact, the regime\u2019s gender discrimination has made pressures of life, particularly economic pressure, more unbearable for Iranian women more than at any time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of educated women are unemployed,\u201d wrote the state-run Eghtesad News on October 9, 2019. \u201cThe Deputy Minister of Economic Studies of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce announced in September 2019, despite the growth of 1,802 active women population in the summer of 2019 compared to the same season in 2018, the share of women in the total active population decreased by about 2% and reached 19.6%. Of course, this decrease in share is due to the increase of about 387,000 active male population during this period,\u201d Eghtesad News added.<\/p>\n

Poverty and gender discrimination on one hand, and women\u2019s leading role in the MEK on the other hand, have increased and highlighted women\u2019s role in the nationwide movement against the regime. During the major Iran protests<\/a> in November 2019, Iranian women not only had an active role in the uprising but, inspired by the leading role of women in the MEK, became leaders of people\u2019s uprising.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe more we leave the sidelines and reach the core of the matter, which are the youth and women, the position [of protesters] becomes more radical. The reason is that much of the economic pressure is on women. Normally in protests, women are more prudent and even prevent their husbands from participating in protests. But this was not the case this time,\u201d wrote the official IRNA news agency on December 19, 2019.<\/p>\n

The Iranian women\u2019s leading and special role against the Iranian regime, and their inspiration by the women of the MEK and their leading role in the opposition, has been proven during the recent uprisings. Thus, it is much more than state media or the regime\u2019s think-tanks point out. Many of the martyrs of the nationwide Iran protests are women. The regime\u2019s media and think-tanks have also acknowledged women\u2019s leading role during the recent uprising.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s women seeking to bring down the regime<\/div><\/div>
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