Iran's continuing war against women

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http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/women-cyclists-face-jail-warns-iranian-police-chief?pageCount=0


Women cyclists face jail, warns Iranian police chief


The new police chief of the Iranian city of Isfahan has warned that women caught cycling in public, which is permissible for men, will be "severely prosecuted".

Hassan Karami added that women are also forbidden to roller-skate or play volleyball in public.

Iran's hardliners regard what women wear or how they behave outside their homes as a barometer of the regime's grip on power. The authorities fear that if they ease up on enforcing public "modesty", they will look weak.

Some lawyers say that "crimes" such as cycling cannot be prosecuted because there is no defined penalty for them under Iran's legal code.

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they are afraid of women. the nitwits are afraid of women

catch this:

"Such defiant women, however, are very rare. Most who cycle do so in parks that have special, sex-segregated lanes. Whether women should be allowed to ride bicycles at all has long been a controversial issue in Iran."

sex-segregated lanes!

Iranian women deserve hugs and kisses for having to put up with such nuttery.

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1. Yes, they deserve hugs and kisses.. even more so, though..

..these women deserve equality and freedom from crazy religious/cultural oppression!