How Iranian women took part in, and were defined by, the constitutional revolution, modernisation and the Islamic revolution.
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IranMarch 1979
Weeks after the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini said women should wear the hijab at work. On International Women's Day, 8 March 1979, tens of thousands of women marched in Tehran and protested for days. Compulsory hijab was enforced in stages over the next few years.
Women workers, students and teachers in Tehran.
Freedom of dress; women's rights in the new republic.
How Iranian women took part in, and were defined by, the constitutional revolution, modernisation and the Islamic revolution.