Though things have been gradually getting better for women in Iran in the forty years since the Islamic Revolution, women’s rights in Iran still haven’t recovered even to the modest point they had reached prior to 1979.Before the Islamic Revolution changed the country so drastically, Iranian women were participating members of society and the culture at large.During the preceding reign of the Shah, Iran’s leadership seemed determined to modernize Iran and follow in the footsteps of modern Turkey. The Shaw wanted Iran that could compete with the West. Women were encouraged to get an education. Women and men mixed freely, and educational opportunities for women were greatly expanded.
