Iranian women are staging an offensive against sexual abuse. It’s long over-due

For the past 42 years, Iran’s clerical leadership has defended the regime’s harsh Islamic dress code by claiming that mandatory wearing of the hijab is women’s best defense against men’s sexual advances. Yet over the past few weeks, Iranian women have offered up a devastating rebuttal of that claim — by coming forward to accuse employers, colleagues and even some senior officials of sexual crimes and harassment.

Washington Post, August 26, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/26/iranian-women-are-staging-an-offensive-against-sexual-abuse-its-long-overdue/