www.bbc.com
The generations of Iranian women fighting for freedom
The protests currently sweeping the country have their roots in changes made after the 1979 revolution.
International
The generations of Iranian women fighting for freedom
Women in Iran have been at the forefront of protests that have swept the country for more than two weeks.
They’ve been fighting for their basic freedoms and demanding an end to the mandatory headscarf.
But their battle did not just begin now.
The BBC’s Rana Rahimpour has pulled up archive footage from the wake of the Iranian revolution of 1979, which shows a striking similarity between the streets of Iran back then, and the scenes in many of its cities today.