tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029569143393348400.post1709562702780380773..comments2023-05-15T15:23:34.307+03:30Comments on Persian Paradox: Environment and Human RightsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029569143393348400.post-30660298961624276172009-05-20T20:57:12.491+04:302009-05-20T20:57:12.491+04:30eWhen it comes to credentials in Iran's Islamic Re...eWhen it comes to credentials in Iran's Islamic Republic, Zahra Eshraghi's are cast in gold. Yet she feels trapped by her family history and hates wearing the black veil. (ELAINE SCIOLINO, April 2, 2003, NY Times)<br />When it comes to credentials in Iran's Islamic Republic, Zahra Eshraghi's are cast in gold.<br />Her grandfather was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the cleric who overthrew a king and led a revolution in the name of Islam. Her husband's brother is the reformist president, Mohammad Khatami. And her husband, Mohammad Reza Khatami, is the head of the reformist wing of Parliament.<br />In a society where women can derive enormous power from the men in their lives, those three pillars give Ms. Eshraghi enormous standing. Yet the 39-year-old government official and mother of two has a confession to make. <br />"I'm sorry to say that the chador was forced on women," she said over tea and cakes in her upscale apartment decorated in ornate furniture in northern Tehran. "Forced — in government buildings, in the school my daughter attends. This garment that was traditional Iranian dress was turned into a symbol of revolution. People have lost their respect for it. I only wear it because of my family status."Black Chadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169286627078235134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029569143393348400.post-75096785497077322472009-05-20T20:08:15.618+04:302009-05-20T20:08:15.618+04:30I saw your picture with half of Black Chador and I...I saw your picture with half of Black Chador and I have to say, you looked wonderful. Now if you could just take this whole Arabic thing off it would be great.<br />Black Chador was enforced on Iranian women by Arab Shia and it is not part of Persian culture. Persian women did practice Hejab by covering their hair with color scarf before Arab invasion.Black Chadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169286627078235134noreply@blogger.com