Iran's people are hurting. The signs are everywhere. To avoid the fact which is so evident today is to flee from reason, yet the West seems inclined to do so out of political convenience. Since 1979 the land has been forced into a supremely fundamentalist state of being where women are denied basic human rights that the West looks to as necessary, and still its leaders have turned a blind eye, allowing radicals to gain strength as they do nothing.
Anyone who is mindful enough about the surrounding region will understand how devastating this reality is on the future of freedom and democracy in the world. The suppressing of women and their rights to vote and express themselves is a cruel manner by which forces standing for radical Islam have prevented progress from taking root and growing into a vital future within these nations. They realize that the inaction of the West is all they need to remove threats from their power which would otherwise journey to a point of no return, discrediting the sexist way and promoting true equality for women.
As the video shows above, women are placed under terribly unfair conditions by which they are inspected and told to change their clothing if its violates Islamic law in the streets of Tehran. This blatant lack of freedom is a tool used by the Ayatollah's oppressive regime to keep women "in their place," avoiding the potential threats which might otherwise surface as the female class becomes educated and more independent.
Advocacy is not enough in the modern world, and these conditions are all signs of it. If the West truly believes in its own ideal then it must act quickly to end this terrible elimination of rights by those who wield power in an ultra-orthodox and insane manner. We must fight for this change before more women are forced into the ridiculous lifestyle due to inaction by those who can change it for the better.
Ayla Samadi
National Alliance Vice President for Cultural Issues
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