Time for all liberal women to consider moving to Iran, the country they
seem to want to support.
Extra points if you happen to be LBGTQ+.
Iranians will welcome you with open arms.
Oh, don't worry about that rope necklace.
It's just an Iranian custom.
"https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/inside-irans-laws-restricting- women/"
"The Iranian propaganda machine is pumping out content on social media claiming that repression in Iran is fake and that women are much freer
under the regime than in America. This is, of course, nonsense. Below is
a summary of the laws restricting women. Ironically, liberals, including women, are repeating the regime’s talking points, while in Iran, women
have been subjected to arrest and physical assault in retaliation for forbidden social media posts, with some receiving jail time plus as many
as 50 lashes.
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran adopted a civil code based on conservative Sharia law, systematically stripping women of rights they
had held under the monarchy. Under the current Constitution, the rights
of women and girls are equal to those of men only when deemed in
conformity with “Islamic criteria,” a term with no legal definition that has served as the basis for codifying gender-based discrimination across every area of Iranian life.
Iran is one of just six UN member states not party to the Convention on
the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and
in December 2022, it became the first nation ever expelled from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
After the revolution, the marriage age for girls was dropped to 13. Girls
as young as 9 lunar years, approximately 8 years and 9 months, can be
married with the permission of a father and a judge, at which point they become subject to all laws governing women in marriage, including the
Civil Code’s obligation to fulfill the sexual needs of their husbands.
Regardless of age, a woman requires the consent of her father or paternal grandfather to enter into a first marriage, a restriction that does not
apply to men.
Men hold the unilateral right to divorce their wives without proving any grounds. Women must navigate a court process and prove hardship, such as abuse or abandonment, to request a dissolution. A woman who cannot obtain
her husband’s consent may pursue a Khul’a divorce, but only by surrendering property to him in exchange. In divorce cases, mothers
retain custody only until the child reaches age seven, after which
custody reverts to the father.
A mother forfeits custody entirely if she remarries, even if the father
is deceased. Legal guardianship, controlling a child’s passport, medical decisions, and major legal matters, remains with the father or paternal grandfather regardless of custody arrangements.
Under Sharia-based inheritance law, a daughter inherits half of what a
son receives. A widow is entitled to one-eighth of her husband’s estate
if they had children, or one-fourth if childless, with the remaining
assets going to the husband’s family.
Rape is not classified as a distinct crime under Iranian law. The only recognized sexual assault offense is zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) without consent, defined as forced penetration up to the point of circumcision and only when the perpetrator and victim are unmarried, explicitly excluding marital rape.
The term “circumcision” here is a legal definition drawn directly from Islamic jurisprudence. Under Iranian law, the offense applies only if penetration reaches the point of circumcision, meaning the glans of the
penis beyond the foreskin. Penetration that does not reach that
anatomical threshold is not legally recognized as an offense, even if
forced.
Sex within marriage is considered consensual by definition. A woman who refuses sexual relations with her husband can have her nafaqeh, her maintenance allowance covering housing, clothing, and food, legally withdrawn. A woman’s testimony carries half the legal weight of a man’s, and if she cannot prove rape, she may herself be prosecuted for zina,
which carries penalties of flogging or death.
Under Article 630 of the Penal Code, a husband who witnesses his wife in consensual adultery may lawfully kill both parties.
In November 2021, the Guardian Council ratified the Youthful Population
and Protection of the Family law, criminalizing abortion, contraception,
and voluntary sterilization except in narrow cases where the mother’s
life is at risk, and even then requiring judicial and medical board
approval. UN experts denounced the law as a violation of international
human rights standards.
Same-sex relations are a capital offense. Under Articles 238 and 239 of
the 2013 Islamic Penal Code, female-female sexual contact carries a
penalty of 100 lashes, and a fourth conviction results in the death
penalty. Same-sex marriage has no legal basis under the current system.
Women are prohibited from becoming the Supreme Leader or serving as
judges with authority to issue final verdicts. The Guardian Council has disqualified every woman who has attempted to run for president, citing
the constitutional requirement that the president be a rijal, a political
and religious personality the Council interprets as exclusively male.
Women make up roughly five percent of parliament. A husband retains the
legal right to forbid his wife from working in any job he deems contrary
to family interests or his own dignity, and less than 14 percent of
Iranian women participate in the labor force.
A married woman cannot obtain a passport or travel abroad without her husband’s written permission. He may also determine where the couple
lives and restrict her employment. Women cannot obtain motorcycle
licenses and are banned from riding motorcycles or riding pillion. The Supreme Leader issued a fatwa prohibiting women from cycling in public on
the grounds that it attracts the attention of men, and prosecutors and
local authorities routinely detain female cyclists and confiscate their bicycles.
Women are also prohibited from riding horses in public. Women are banned
from singing or dancing solo in public. They have historically been
barred from attending men’s sporting events as spectators, with only partial and contested relief granted under FIFA pressure for certain
soccer matches.
In late 2024, Iran passed the Law on Protecting the Family through the Promotion of the Culture of Chastity and Hijab, imposing the death
penalty, flogging, prison terms, travel bans, and restrictions on
education and employment for women who defy compulsory veiling. The law
was temporarily paused in December 2024 following public outcry, but has
not been repealed.
There is no legal right to protest for any Iranian citizen, but women
face disproportionately harsh consequences. Hundreds were killed,
tortured, or imprisoned during the 2022 Woman Life Freedom protests, and several female activists have been executed. Speaking out publicly
against government policy, religious law, or compulsory hijab is treated
as a national security offense. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges
Mohammadi is currently imprisoned for her activism.
Women are not formally banned from primary or secondary education, and Iranian women have outnumbered men in university enrollment in recent
years. However, universities impose gender quotas capping female
enrollment in fields deemed unsuitable for women, and the Ministry of Education periodically bans women from specific university majors. Under directives issued in 2025 and 2026, universities may expel or bar
students who fail to comply with mandatory hijab laws.
Girls reach the age of criminal responsibility at 9 lunar years, compared
to 15 for boys, meaning girls as young as nine can face prosecution
carrying sentences of lashes or death. The blood money paid for the
wrongful death or injury of a woman is half that paid for a man. For
decades, women could not pass Iranian nationality to foreign-born spouses
or children.
A 2019 law partially addressed this by allowing women married to foreign
men to apply for citizenship for children under 18, a limited and belated concession.
Severe, systematic, and institutionalized gender-based discrimination pervades every aspect of life for women in Iran, codified in law and entrenched in practice, regardless of age, background, or status.
The propaganda says the West has lied about Iran and that women in Iran
are free. However, after reviewing Iranian law regarding women, it seems
that Western media has downplayed how repressive the regime is and how
few rights women have"
Time for all liberal women to consider moving to Iran, the country they
seem to want to support.
Extra points if you happen to be LBGTQ+.
Iranians will welcome you with open arms.
Oh, don't worry about that rope necklace.
It's just an Iranian custom.
"https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/inside-irans-laws-restricting- >women/"
"The Iranian propaganda machine is pumping out content on social media >claiming that repression in Iran is fake and that women are much freer
under the regime than in America. This is, of course, nonsense. Below is
a summary of the laws restricting women. Ironically, liberals, including >women, are repeating the regime’s talking points, while in Iran, women
have been subjected to arrest and physical assault in retaliation for >forbidden social media posts, with some receiving jail time plus as many
as 50 lashes.
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran adopted a civil code based on >conservative Sharia law, systematically stripping women of rights they
had held under the monarchy. Under the current Constitution, the rights
of women and girls are equal to those of men only when deemed in
conformity with “Islamic criteria,” a term with no legal definition that
has served as the basis for codifying gender-based discrimination across >every area of Iranian life.
Iran is one of just six UN member states not party to the Convention on
the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and
in December 2022, it became the first nation ever expelled from the UN >Commission on the Status of Women.
After the revolution, the marriage age for girls was dropped to 13. Girls
as young as 9 lunar years, approximately 8 years and 9 months, can be >married with the permission of a father and a judge, at which point they >become subject to all laws governing women in marriage, including the
Civil Code’s obligation to fulfill the sexual needs of their husbands.
Regardless of age, a woman requires the consent of her father or paternal >grandfather to enter into a first marriage, a restriction that does not >apply to men.
Men hold the unilateral right to divorce their wives without proving any >grounds. Women must navigate a court process and prove hardship, such as >abuse or abandonment, to request a dissolution. A woman who cannot obtain >her husband’s consent may pursue a Khul’a divorce, but only by
surrendering property to him in exchange. In divorce cases, mothers
retain custody only until the child reaches age seven, after which
custody reverts to the father.
A mother forfeits custody entirely if she remarries, even if the father
is deceased. Legal guardianship, controlling a child’s passport, medical >decisions, and major legal matters, remains with the father or paternal >grandfather regardless of custody arrangements.
Under Sharia-based inheritance law, a daughter inherits half of what a
son receives. A widow is entitled to one-eighth of her husband’s estate
if they had children, or one-fourth if childless, with the remaining
assets going to the husband’s family.
Rape is not classified as a distinct crime under Iranian law. The only >recognized sexual assault offense is zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) >without consent, defined as forced penetration up to the point of >circumcision and only when the perpetrator and victim are unmarried, >explicitly excluding marital rape.
The term “circumcision” here is a legal definition drawn directly from >Islamic jurisprudence. Under Iranian law, the offense applies only if >penetration reaches the point of circumcision, meaning the glans of the >penis beyond the foreskin. Penetration that does not reach that
anatomical threshold is not legally recognized as an offense, even if >forced.
Sex within marriage is considered consensual by definition. A woman who >refuses sexual relations with her husband can have her nafaqeh, her >maintenance allowance covering housing, clothing, and food, legally >withdrawn. A woman’s testimony carries half the legal weight of a man’s,
and if she cannot prove rape, she may herself be prosecuted for zina,
which carries penalties of flogging or death.
Under Article 630 of the Penal Code, a husband who witnesses his wife in >consensual adultery may lawfully kill both parties.
In November 2021, the Guardian Council ratified the Youthful Population
and Protection of the Family law, criminalizing abortion, contraception,
and voluntary sterilization except in narrow cases where the mother’s
life is at risk, and even then requiring judicial and medical board >approval. UN experts denounced the law as a violation of international
human rights standards.
Same-sex relations are a capital offense. Under Articles 238 and 239 of
the 2013 Islamic Penal Code, female-female sexual contact carries a
penalty of 100 lashes, and a fourth conviction results in the death
penalty. Same-sex marriage has no legal basis under the current system.
Women are prohibited from becoming the Supreme Leader or serving as
judges with authority to issue final verdicts. The Guardian Council has >disqualified every woman who has attempted to run for president, citing
the constitutional requirement that the president be a rijal, a political >and religious personality the Council interprets as exclusively male.
Women make up roughly five percent of parliament. A husband retains the >legal right to forbid his wife from working in any job he deems contrary
to family interests or his own dignity, and less than 14 percent of
Iranian women participate in the labor force.
A married woman cannot obtain a passport or travel abroad without her >husband’s written permission. He may also determine where the couple
lives and restrict her employment. Women cannot obtain motorcycle
licenses and are banned from riding motorcycles or riding pillion. The >Supreme Leader issued a fatwa prohibiting women from cycling in public on >the grounds that it attracts the attention of men, and prosecutors and
local authorities routinely detain female cyclists and confiscate their >bicycles.
Women are also prohibited from riding horses in public. Women are banned >from singing or dancing solo in public. They have historically been
barred from attending men’s sporting events as spectators, with only
partial and contested relief granted under FIFA pressure for certain
soccer matches.
In late 2024, Iran passed the Law on Protecting the Family through the >Promotion of the Culture of Chastity and Hijab, imposing the death
penalty, flogging, prison terms, travel bans, and restrictions on
education and employment for women who defy compulsory veiling. The law
was temporarily paused in December 2024 following public outcry, but has
not been repealed.
There is no legal right to protest for any Iranian citizen, but women
face disproportionately harsh consequences. Hundreds were killed,
tortured, or imprisoned during the 2022 Woman Life Freedom protests, and >several female activists have been executed. Speaking out publicly
against government policy, religious law, or compulsory hijab is treated
as a national security offense. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges
Mohammadi is currently imprisoned for her activism.
Women are not formally banned from primary or secondary education, and >Iranian women have outnumbered men in university enrollment in recent
years. However, universities impose gender quotas capping female
enrollment in fields deemed unsuitable for women, and the Ministry of >Education periodically bans women from specific university majors. Under >directives issued in 2025 and 2026, universities may expel or bar
students who fail to comply with mandatory hijab laws.
Girls reach the age of criminal responsibility at 9 lunar years, compared
to 15 for boys, meaning girls as young as nine can face prosecution
carrying sentences of lashes or death. The blood money paid for the
wrongful death or injury of a woman is half that paid for a man. For >decades, women could not pass Iranian nationality to foreign-born spouses
or children.
A 2019 law partially addressed this by allowing women married to foreign
men to apply for citizenship for children under 18, a limited and belated >concession.
Severe, systematic, and institutionalized gender-based discrimination >pervades every aspect of life for women in Iran, codified in law and >entrenched in practice, regardless of age, background, or status.
The propaganda says the West has lied about Iran and that women in Iran
are free. However, after reviewing Iranian law regarding women, it seems >that Western media has downplayed how repressive the regime is and how
few rights women have"
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