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This is important to pay attention to not because it means women are suddenly free of discrimination and oppression in Iran, but because it demonstrates that\u00a0Iranian women are not the helpless, powerless victims they are often portrayed as in Western media. It demonstrates that there is a women’s movement in Iran that is alive and well, that there is a civic life in Iran that\u00a0far surpasses the images of that country we are used to seeing here. This election by itself may not change very much, and Iran certainly has had elections before that seemed to augur substantive change, which, in the end, did not. Nonetheless, if only because it gives the lie to so many of the misrepresentations that have dominated our view of Iran, I think this election is worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iranwireenglish\/videos\/975076229235655\/ This is important to pay attention to not because it means women are suddenly free of discrimination and oppression in Iran, but because it demonstrates that\u00a0Iranian women are not the helpless, powerless victims they are often portrayed as … Continue reading