Revolution, counterrevolution and war in Iran

By Barbara Graham
July 28, 2018

Tehran, March 8, 1979: 100,000 women and men poured into streets to protest attempts to impose compulsory head covering on women after overturn of U.S.-backed shah. Regime wasn’t able to enforce restrictive dress legislation until 1983, as counterrevolution consolidated.

Tehran, March 8, 1979: 100,000 women and men poured into streets to protest attempts to impose compulsory head covering on women after overturn of U.S.-backed shah. Regime wasn’t able to enforce restrictive dress legislation until 1983, as counterrevolution consolidated.