Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.

Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past.

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