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Weeks after the letter was released, 14 female activists inside Iran issued a similar statement on August 5, 2019. These women said theocratic rule has led to "gender apartheid" and "erased" the rights of half of the country’s population; They called on
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convicted of serious crimes and sent to prison, solely for criticizing officials, enlightening public opinion, inviting the rulers to respect separation of religion from government or demanding women’s relief from the mandatory veil.
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781:"Female activists demand Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei resign"
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977:Second Phase of the Revolution
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967:Islamic clerics in politics
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26:بیانیه چهارده فعال سیاسی
972:Iran Slogan of the Year
416:. Iran Wire. 2019-06-12
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1162:Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
1009:A 250 Years Old Person
931:Supreme Leader of Iran
211:Zardosht Ahmadi Ragheb
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941:Executive Order 13876
916:Assassination attempt
117:Signatories included
1222:Political manifestos
1207:Human rights in Iran
1157:Azizollah Khoshvaght
946:Mahsa Amini protests
526:Esfandiari, Golnaz.
332:Maryam Memar-Sadeghi
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271:Kimia Norouzi-Saber
202:Kamal Jaafari Yazdi
178:Mohammad Mahdavifar
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