How Women's Lives Changed Under Ayatollah Khomeini – Revolutionary Iran Compilation (1979–1999) - YouTube

How Women's Lives Changed Under Ayatollah Khomeini – Revolutionary Iran Compilation (1979–1999) - YouTube

How Women's Lives Changed Under Ayatollah Khomeini – Revolutionary Iran Compilation (1979–1999)

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A compilation of ITN news reports charting the tightening restrictions on women's lives in revolutionary Iran between 1979 and 1999. The first report was filmed on 24 January 1979, just eight days after the Shah's departure from Iran and a week before Ayatollah Khomeini's return from exile. It looks at Khomeini's stated intention to establish an Islamic republic in Iran and his specific assurance to women that wearing a hijab would not become compulsory. Under the Shah, the hijab had become a symbol of empowerment and rebellion, the traditional religious veil being one of the more visible signs of the Islamic revival that occurred in reaction to the alleged "Westoxification" ("Gharbzadegi") of the Shah's Western-backed regime. But while support for a return to Iran’s Islamic traditions was widespread following the Shah's overthrow, women across the political spectrum remained protective of their right to choose. The second report, filmed two months later on 11 March 1979, captures a large women's rights demonstration against a new law making wearing the hijab compulsory in all government buildings. The third report, broadcast on 28 September 1983, focuses on the daily lives of women in Iran. By this time, laws obliging women to wear a hijab in all public spaces were strictly policed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The fourth and final report, broadcast some 16 years later on 15 January 1999, takes a look at the ways in which Iran's young people were rebelling against the regime. 

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women have been promised by Ki that they

would have equal rights with men shadur

the traditional shroud of modesty would

not be compulsory the imposition of

Islamic law here has started with an

order to women to cover their heads in

government offices several of the women

who stood their ground with considerable

courage were stabbed as they chanted

slogans for equal rights the women of

Iran must be covered from head to foot

whenever they appear in public the law

is enforced by groups of revolutionary

guards ever watchful for unveiled women

I think I I'm afraid you know the only

place that in Iran the cops won't bother

us is here we can come here have fun

with our

friends it's not exactly clear what an

Islamic Republic would mean for Iran and

her relations with the West many here

see it in simple terms as a return to

traditional Justice and strict morality

but some details are clear women like

these student have been promised by Ki

that they would have equal rights with

men although chador the traditional

shroud of modesty would not be

compulsory there would clearly be strong

pressures to adopt it and those who've

become westernized under the shaw are

already finding another restriction this

restaurant under threat has stopped

serving alcohol there'd be complete

Prohibition in an Islamic Republic and

pornography in the cinema for instance

would be Stamped Out the definition of

what's pornographic is far stricter than

in the west what Ki most frequently

condemns is foreign influence the

Americans and British working in the oil

industry are Accused by kaman's

followers of earning vast salaries

contracts with foreigners will be

cancelled the Ayatollah says unless

they're in Iran's

interest yesterday's demonstration was

the nearest thing to an anti-i rally yet

the Imp position of Islamic law here has

started with an order to women to cover

their heads in government offices many

are Furious only a minority in tran

already follow the

instruction but the issue has provided

an escape valve for many of the men here

who for days have been spoiling for

trouble led by a few Islamic zealots

several hundred men eventually attacked

the protesters several of the women who

stood their ground with considerable

courage was stabbed as they chanted

slogans for equal rights

most of these men can be relied upon to

have a gun at home and if they can't

persuade the women and other sectors who

oppose extremist Islamic beliefs then

the danger is that they will bring their

weapons out onto the street and that

there will be Bloodshed again moments

later guns actually did appear the order

was eventually restored by a Müller who

expressed no sympathy for the women's

position Ayatollah omania is determined

to see an Islamic State at all cost

resistance to it is already growing with

no impartial policing the split in the

revolution is already open and threatens

to become wider and more dangerous Jon

Snow ITN

Tran the Fier theological College in the

holy city of H it was from here that

ayatollahi was exiled after an abortive

attempt to overthrow the Sha it was to

Fier that Ki returned in Triumph when

the Sha was finally overthrown today

Iran's most famous seat of religious

learning debates the tenets of the faith

in her's Islamic

Republic in Iran

every man and

woman live very freely

and the Chad you said is

the religion dress of religious Islamic

the of our women and our women freely

accept it not with

obligation but the women of Iran do have

an obligation to observe the rules of

hijab or veiling they must be covered

from head to foot whenever they appear

in public if they don't wear a chador a

full black cape they must wear some sort

of headscarf it's a legal requirement

whatever a woman's religion and the law

is enforced by groups of revolutionary

guards ever watchful for unveiled women

Fatima rahimi is a devout Shia Muslim

she works in the ministry of Islamic

guidance which deals with matters of

religious observance in the fields of

information and the

Arts she says that we feel that by

covering our body we stop the opposite

sex from getting excited and thus we

stop corruption from spreading in the

society even in Iran's courts women are

treated differently to men Islamic

Justice requires two women witnesses to

counter the evidence of one male witness

how can that be anything other than

blatant

discrimination the women are very

sensitive and they use their feelings

most of the time and that makes them

vulnerable and well men are like this

too but the majority of them are not so

and so they're less vulnerable um to to

give a wrong verdict or to give a wrong

witness but that's why they use two

women uh and one man but many people are

unhappy about the strict observance of

Islamic principle some women obey the

rules of hijab grudgingly and instead of

wearing the black uniform of K's

fundamentalism they wear gayy colored

headscarves hiding little or nothing of

their

faces while we were filming in this fun

fair we managed to interview a woman who

spoke out against the need to be veiled

but she was clearly

frightened I I can't tell no no I I

think I I'm afraid you know when we left

Iran the interview was censored by the

Iranian authorities and women have also

felt the full effects of Iran's tough

Justice in June 1981 20 young women were

executed by the authorities after Street

disturbances in protest at the

impeachment of President Banis sadra

nobody knows how many people have been

executed since then but even the Iranian

government admits that it runs into

thousands and many of them have been

young women John Underwood ITN

[Music]

Iran it's Friday night and leel is

getting ready for a night out the

difference here is the party she's going

to is strictly illegal it's being held

at a sec secet location in North

[Music]

tyan the penalty for being at a party

like this is heavy in Iran unless you

are related or married mixing with the

opposite sex even shaking hands is

strictly

forbidden if caught people could go to

prison or face 50 even 100

lashes and the punishment's even more

severe if caught with alcohol or

cannabis

[Music]

under the present government things are

starting to change but that may be

because the country is facing a

demographic Time Bomb 70% of the

population is under 26 the more the

authorities could tell their freedom the

more they fight against it the

government's built cultural centers for

the young boys and girls are encouraged

to take part in activities all of which

the authorities approve finding ways

around the law has turned into an art

form weekends are spent trkking into the

mountains for secret

Rendevous this place has become a magnet

for the disaffected young the religious

police know it goes on a few months ago

around here there was all a lot of cops

they want to let the kids like the girls

and boys talk with each other walk with

each other keep on asking son like is

this your sister who is in this stuff

it's good because the only place that in

Iran they won't they won't bother us is

here you can come here have fun with our

friends

talk with each other it's only one week

one day in the week we try to have fun