Iran: Dutch woman becomes Iran’s latest victim

The mullahs have been carrying on a “30 Years War” against women: Bahrami is the latest victim, said Mina Saadadi in De Volkskrant.

Mina Saadadi

De Volkskrant (Amsterdam)

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Alas, that’s easy to answer. After her forced public confession of guilt, the state TV took the opportunity to show viewers how she worked in the Netherlands—as a belly dancer performing in restaurants. That sealed her fate. The regime has a standing army of “vice vigilantes” ready to pounce on any woman with the gall to wear lipstick, so there was no way it could show leniency to one who “assaulted the ideological pillars of its system with every sexy movement of her body.” The mullahs have been carrying on a “30 Years War” against women: Bahrami is the latest victim.