Pardis Sabeti Dedicates TIME100 Impact Award to Iran Protesters
TimeJUL 2022
The bill is inherently discriminatory and amounts to gender persecution. The Iranian government is using culture as a tool to weaponize public morals and violate women's fundamental rights, including freedom of opinion and expression.
Contrary to Western propaganda, Islam and the Shia sect respect and protect women. The wearing of a hijab should not be de-contextualized and misrepresented by the West, which attempts to undermine the important position of women in Islam and in Iran.
There's a 2% chance Iran will disempower its Guidance Patrol "modesty police" before 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.