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Shirin Ebadi continues to challenge Iranian authorities

Source: Times Online

London : United Kingdom | 2 months ago

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Dr Ebadi, 62, was raised in Tehran, studied law at Tehran university and became her country’s first woman judge and president of the Tehran city court. But after the revolution of 1979 the Islamic regime decided that women were unsuitable to be judges and demoted her to a legal assistant.

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Shirin Ebadi continues to challenge Iranian authorities

News Source: Times Online | 2 months ago

Dr Ebadi, 62, was raised in Tehran, studied law at Tehran university and became her country’s first woman judge and president of the Tehran city court. But after the revolution of 1979 the Islamic regime decided that women were unsuitable to be...