Speaker: Haleh Afshar
Chair: Alastair Newton, BRISMES
Prominent Muslim feminist Baroness Haleh Afshar speaks on the situation facing Iranian women in their country today. Recorded on 16 January 2013.
Image credit: Wikipedia. Women protesting during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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