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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/international/middleeast/19tehran.html
Iran Moves to Roll Back Rights Won by Women
(New York Times) Nazila Fathi - Since hard-liners won Iran's parliamentary elections last February, the new parliament has called for placing more restrictions on women's attire and on their social freedoms. In recent months, newspapers have reported that scores of women have been arrested in Tehran and around the country because they were wearing what the authorities considered to be un-Islamic dress.