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Articles Iran's Dress Codes Women's Rights Sanctions Resolution 1696 Resolution 1737 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) (new 03/27/07) Notes from Iran ("What did Ahmadinejad say" and other quotes from Iran) Is the US planning to go to war with Iran? Iraq Study Group and Iran ISOG (Iran Syria Operations Group) If Iran attacked the West Jews in Iran Oil production in decline Resolution 1737 Iran's Government Iran's Military Op-Ed Iran better served by peace in Iraq Documents Charter of Human Rts. Non-Proliferation Treaty Analysis of word "Aryan" Letter from Ahmadinejad to George Bush	WOMEN'S RIGHTS This page was last updated on 09/06/2007	Iran in a Nutshell 80 pages $7.95
	Thirty-one female activists were arrested in Tehran in March 2007 after gathering outside Tehran's Revolutionary Court. The women were there in support of 5 fellow activists who had demanded changes in laws discriminating against women. Among the grievances: Iran has laws on the books that permit death by stoning for women accused of adultery. In accordance with Islamic law, women receive only half the inheritance than male counterparts. Family laws deny women full custody of their children after a divorce. Iranian men are permitted to marry up to four wives in accordance with Islamic custom. Employment laws in Iran discriminate against women. Women are required to dress modestly by covering their hair with headscarves and donning loose fitting coats (called manteaus). (see Iran's dress codes) Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has used threats by the U.S. as a pretext to curb dissent by claiming that Iran's enemies are using women's and students' movements to foment discontent and discredit the government.

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