Submitted by Dr. K Prabhakar Rao on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 07:17
Prof Dr Colonel (Retired) K Prabhakar Rao
The position of women in Iran during the rule of Shah Pehalwi I was more modern along the western lines and every one thought that the country was on Turkish way with Western type governing. However with rise of Mullahs and unleashing fundamentalist and medieval regime in 1979 driving the nation back to the conceptual days of founding of Islam, hardships have been heaped on the women in Iran in the name of religious values, Shariat and traditions of Islam.