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Introduction

Women did not have all their privileges under the Shah. Sharia regulation was the law in Iran former to 1979. The Islamic Sharia regulation was the cornerstone of family, marriage and women's privileges in Iran. As a demonstration, the law allowed men to have four enduring and as numerous provisional wives as they wanted. Custody of young children was in the hands of the dad and after his death, in the hands of the male relations on the father's side. So if the twosome were separated, even after the death of the dad, the mother would not get custody. (Eliz, pp. 19-24)

The woman had to have in writing permission from her married man to travel. Since interior the homeland, one does not require displaying an ID to journey; this consent was needed for traveling out-of-doors the country. C y. An Iranian man's progeny from any woman would become an Iranian citizen automatically. An Iranian woman's progeny from a non-Iranian would not be suitable for citizenship. (Janet, pp. 14-18)

All these laws and numerous more were in location in Iran. Due to the increase of women's rights movements round the world, encompassing Iran, certain advancements were being applied step-by-step for example the right to ballot, which was established in Iran in 1963.

One law (the "family defense law") that was passed in late 1970's needed wed men to get consent from their permanent wife, or wives, to come by another enduring wife. This did not request to provisional wives. (Eliz, pp. 19-24)

After the establishment of the Islamic government in Iran, a proceed was made to elaborate the Shari law further. The conclusion of the "fundamentalist" understanding of Sharia in Iran, though not as rough as in Saudi Arabia or that of the Taliban, did encompass the exclusion of women from judgeship, the imposition of ...