SMCCDI Blog

Monday, 24 April 2006

Gender Apartheid Policy Increases in Iran
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 23, 2006, 18:54

http://daneshjoo.org/publishers/currentnews/article_5309.shtml

The Gender Apartheid Policy and repression of Iranian women has increased following the start, yesterday, of a new official campaign intended to enforce the observance of the Islamist mandatory veil in Iran.

Hundreds of fully black veiled and armed female security agents, qualified as "black crows" by most Iranians, have been deployed in each of Iran's main cities. Their official mission has been qualified as a 'suggestive guidance task intending to make respect the Islamic and moral values' and 'to fight the increasing western decadence'.

While officially they're 'not to use of any force or brutal manners', never less various reports are contrary to the official statements made, today, by the Islamic regime's President and heads of security forces. Reports are stating about the use of brutality, insults and fines against hundreds of maverick Iranian females who were seen opposing the black crows injunctions in several areas of Tehran, such as, Vali-e-Asr (former Pahlavi), Madar (former Mohseni) and Tajrish. Several young girls were seen arrested and transferred to security posts in order to what has been qualified as 'proper identification'.

In some places maverick Iranian males, offended or intending to protect their mothers, sisters, female friends or the victims, from the repressive female agents, were seen beaten by male security agents who have been deployed to protect their female colleagues.

It seems that some harsh critics made by some European and American circles against the discriminatory campaign have caused the sudden issuance of official statements on the 'peaceful nature of the guidance task'.

Reports of the same type of repressive measures have been received from some of the provincial cities, such as, Esfahan, Rasht, Ghom, Mashad or Shiraz where they have already been applied before its start in the Capital.

In reality, the whole campaign has started following the quasi-official rally which took place in front of the Islamic Parliament last week. It took place in order to offer a so-called legitimate and popular back up for the discriminatory crackdown on Iranian women and was composed by dozens of fully dark veiled female agents, as well as, foreign Islamist females and even what some many Iranians call as 'veiled governmental prostitutes'. This third category is used for various purposes by the Islamic regime, such as, collecting information or approaching foreign journalists while having a more western look or in some cases wearing more provocative clothing.

Tens of Iranian women have died and hundreds of other have been injured, since 1979, for fighting for gender equality in Iran. Many of them have used mass gatherings to burn their mandatory veils and to denounce the existing repression while some naive foreign circles have started to promote, since 1997, individuals, such as, Shirin Ebadi or Mehranguiz Kar as defenders of women's rights.

In reality, while thousands of Iranian women were marching in the streets of Tehran, in 1979, and shouting "No Veil, No Submission"; Ebadi and Kar were endorsing Rouh-Ollah Khomeini's backwarded Islamist revolution. Worst, they were seen as wearing the Islamist veil in sign of such support, despite having had higher law education and human rights courses.

For a better understanding of Iranian women's case and their persistent struggle, check the following links:
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3043.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_2007.shtml

SMCCDI has always been heavily involved in the genuine defense of Iranian women's rights and has been a major factor in denouncing their persistent repression. The group, which is using its website and independent satellite TV and radio networks, has always believed that Iranian women will never obtain their full rights and equality other than in the frame of a genuine secular regime.
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_1572.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_1573.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_1573.shtml

http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3350.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3365.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_1879.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3248.shtml

Italian version

Aumenta la discriminazione contro le donne in Iran

Aumenta in Iran la politica di apartheid sessuale e la repressione contro le donne. Avantieri è stata promulgata una legge che rafforza l'obbligo del velo per tutte le donne.

Già circolano nelle città donne completamente velate di nero (le "cornacchie nere", come vengono chiamate da molti iraniani) ed armate come agenti del regime, incaricate di vigilare sul comportamento delle donne e di combattere quello che il regime considera "l'influenza della cultura decadente occidentale".

Dicono di non voler usare la forza, ma le dichiarazioni recenti fatte dal presidente della repubblica islamica ed alguni comandanti delle milizie, dicono tutto il contrario. In alcune aree di Teheran, quali Vali-e-Asr (ex Pahlavi), Madar (ex Mohseni) e Tajrish, centinaia di coraggiose donne cercano di non rispettare il decreto e per contro vengono insultate, picchiate e multate da queste cornacchie nere. Alcune giovani ragazze sono state fermate e detenute per essere identificate.

Anche numerosi uomini, che intendevano difendere le loro madri, sorelle ed amiche dall'aggressione delle agenti islamiste, erano picchiati da agenti maschi, reclutati per difendere le miliziane islamiste.

Sembra che le recenti critiche da parte europea ed americana a questa nuova politica discriminatoria, abbiano spinto il regime a far credere alla comunità internazionale che questa politica è perseguita in maniera pacifica.

Ma episodi di brutalità contro le donne vegono registrati anche in altre province, quali Esfahan, Rasht, Ghom, Mashad e Shiraz, dove questa politica è stata attuata molto prima che venisse attuata a teheran.

Alcuni giorni fa, c'è stata una manifestazione governativa, organizzata appunto dal regime in modo da far credere che tali misure sono appoggiate dalla popolazione. In realtà. a questa manifestazioni vi hanno partecipate agenti totalmente velate di nero, oltre che miliziane islamiste provenienti dai paesi confinanti ed alcune donne che molti iraniani identificano come "prostitute governative". Queste ultime vengono usate dal regime per ottenere informazioni e parlare con i giornalisti stranieri, indossando abiti in stile occidentale e persino molto provocanti, come metodo per ingannarli.

Dal 1979, decine di donne sono state uccise e centinaia ferite per aver combattuto in prima linea a favore dell'uguaglianza tra uomo e donna. Alcune hanno approfittato di manifestazioni o eventi particolari in modo da togliersi il velo e bruciarlo. Purtroppo, dal 1997, alcuni think-tank stranieri hanno cominciato a promuovere personaggi controversi come Shirin Ebadi e Mehranguiz Kar, al rango di 'paladine dei diritti delle donne'.

In realtà, mentre migliaia di donne manifestavano nel 1979 contro la misoginia islamista al grido di "no al velo, no alla sottomissione", Ebadi e Kar erano impegnate a difendere Khomeini e la sua rivoluzione. Peggio, indossavano il velo integrale per mostrare il loro sostegno a quello squilibrato, nonostante fossero laureate in legge sotto il precedente regime ed avessero fatto corsi di diritti umani.

Per comprendere meglio la storia e la condizione delle donne iraniane, visistate questi link:

http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3043.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_2007.shtml

SMCCDI è sempre stata in prima linea nella difesa dei diritti delle donne iraniane e ne ha più volte condannato la persistente violazione. Il movimento, che usa il suo sito e le radio e TV satellitari dell'esilio per diffondere i suoi messaggi, crede che la liberazione delle donne iraniane avverrà solamente quando l'attuale regime cadrà ed al suo posto ci sarà un sistema laico e democratico.

http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_1572.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_1573.shtml
http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_1573.shtml