Hanna, Andrew. “Part 3: Iranian Laws on Women.” The Iran Primer, 10 Dec 2020

Andrew Hanna is a legislative and policy analyst for the U.S Senate, as well as a member of the Committee of Foreign Relations. He wrote the article, “Part 3: Iranian Laws on Women,” for the Iran Primer, a news website dedicated to all things related to Iranian affairs. In this article, Hanna provides a timeline of the many rules and regulations set in place by Iran’s government for its women to abide by whilst living in the country. Afterwards, notable activists that have tried to resist these regulations are listed. As Hanna states these rules, he labels them to be discriminatory laws, and then goes in depth on each one for the rest of the article. This article is beneficial for providing claims that can be used for the thesis and even the opposing thesis, given the content of the quote used. This source will also provide a deeper understanding on what women’s rights are like in Iran. 

• 1 – “The second constitution, written by Islamic revolutionaries and passed overwhelmingly in a referendum in 1979, specifically stipulated that women were “equally protected.” But in practice, it gave women fewer social rights and personal liberties” (Hanna).
• 2 – “Female activists and civil society organizations faced “harassment, intimidation, detention, and smear campaigns,” the State Department reported in 2019. Iranian courts have imposed harsh sentences on dozens of activists who challenged compulsory hijab laws” (Hanna).