Distinguished guests,
Let me congratulate everyone on International Women’s Day.
Let me congratulate everyone on International Women’s Day.
Congratulations to you, all the women of the world, and the freedom loving women of Iran. Congratulations for steadfastly adhering to the cause of equality. Congratulations to the women of the world because their sisters in Iran led the protests this year against the mullahs’ fundamentalist and misogynist regime. This year, International Women’s Day is a day to be proud of, celebrate and admire because the women of Iran played their role at the forefront of the fight against fundamentalism, the enemy of women the world over.
I must also salute our sisters around the world who resisted last year and stood up to tyranny, fundamentalism and violence. I would like to salute the women of Syria, in particular, who have kept the banner of hope aloft amidst the ruins of a country with 10 million homeless and 500,000 victims.
Today, I would like to speak to you on several issues:
On Iranian women’s frontline role in the uprising;
On Iranian women’s right to overthrow the clerical regime;
On women’s responsibility to further the protests;
On the issue of mandatory veiling;
And finally, on the answer to this question: What is behind our belief in the role of Iranian women?
On Iranian women’s frontline role in the uprising;
On Iranian women’s right to overthrow the clerical regime;
On women’s responsibility to further the protests;
On the issue of mandatory veiling;
And finally, on the answer to this question: What is behind our belief in the role of Iranian women?
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