Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament is facing a difficult choice: will it finally grant women the legal right to ride motorcycles? For decades, women in Iran have been barred from obtaining ...
When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran ‘s capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn’t her main worry. Women on ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the beliefs of some conservative clerics and hard-liners, a woman riding a scooter or a motorbike is “tabarruj,” or an excessive flaunting of her beauty prohibited by Islam.
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Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal change
When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main worry. She instead ...
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