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06IRANRPODUBAI9 2006-11-02 13:51 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Iran RPO Dubai
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SVC SECTION 01 OF 02 IRAN RPO DUBAI 000009

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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 IRAN RPO DUBAI 000009 
 
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E.O. 12958: DECL:  11/2/2016 
TAGS: IR PGOV PHUM
SUBJECT: SITUATION FOR WOMEN AND NGOS IN IRAN DETERIORATING, SAYS 
WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST 
 
RPO DUBAI 00000009  001.3 OF 002 
 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: JILLIAN BURNS, DIRECTOR, IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE 
OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
REASON: 1.4 (D) 
 
1. (C) SUMMARY: AN IRANIAN PROFESSOR AND WOMENS RIGHTS ACTIVIST 
DESCRIBED GOVERNMENT  PRESSURE ON ACTIVISTS AND NGOS IN IRAN FOR 
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE (IRPO) DIRECTOR AND IRPOFF.  SHE 
SAID THE SITUATION FOR WOMEN IN IRAN HAS DETERIORATED UNDER THE 
AHMADINEJAD PRESIDENCY.  WHILE THE POLICE CRACKDOWN ON TWO MAJOR 
WOMENS RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS THIS YEAR CAUGHT HEADLINES, MUCH 
OF THE PRESSURE HAS BEEN MORE SUBTLE.  THIS INCLUDES PLACING 
NGOS IN UNCERTAIN LEGAL STATUS, KEEPING A RATING SYSTEM ON 
LEVELS OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM AMONG STUDENTS, AND OFFERING 
INCENTIVES FOR UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS TO SPEND THEIR SABBATICALS 
IN RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS.  END SUMMARY. 
 
WOMEN'S RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS DISRUPTED 
--------------------------------------- 
 
2. (C) IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE (IRPO) DIRECTOR AND IRPOFF 
MET WITH AN IRANIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AND WOMEN'S RIGHT 
ACTIVIST ON OCTOBER 29 TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION FOR WOMEN UNDER 
THE AHMADINEJAD GOVERNMENT.  THE ACTIVIST NOTED THAT THE 
ATMOSPHERE FOR SOCIAL ACTIVISM HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY 
SINCE THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD.  WHEN ASKED ABOUT 
THE TWO WOMEN'S RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS BROKEN UP BY POLICE THIS 
YEAR, SHE DESCRIBED SOME OF THE BACKGROUND TO THE EVENTS AND 
WHAT FACTORS MAY HAVE AGGRAVATED THE SITUATION.  IN THE CASE OF 
THE MARCH 8 DEMONSTRATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY, THE 
ORGANIZERS HAD APPLIED FOR A PERMIT TO HOLD THE DEMONSTRATION AT 
TEHRAN UNIVERSITY.  TWENTY MINUTES BEFORE THE DEMONSTRATION WAS 
TO BEGIN, THEY HEARD THEIR PERMIT WAS DENIED, TOO LATE TO INFORM 
PEOPLE.   POLICE USED BATONS TO BEAT DEMONSTRATORS, INCLUDING 
RENOWNED SEPTUAGENARIAN POET AND ACTIVIST SIMIN BEHBEHANI. 
 
3. (C) THE PROFESSOR THEN DESCRIBED THE PLANNING FOR THE JUNE 12 
DEMONSTRATION TO PROTEST UNEQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN UNDER IRANIAN 
LAW.  DEMONSTRATORS CALLED FOR LEGAL GENDER EQUALITY, INCLUDING 
EQUAL RIGHTS IN DIVORCE, CHILD CUSTODY, INHERITANCE, AND COURT 
TESTIMONY, BEFORE THE RALLY WAS BROKEN UP BY THE POLICE.  SHE 
MADE CLEAR THAT SHE DISAGREED WITH THE DECISIONS OF THE 10 OR SO 
ORGANIZERS.  THEY DECIDED NOT TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT, OUT OF 
CERTAINTY THEY WOULD BE DENIED.  THE PROFESSOR ARGUED THAT NOT 
AT LEAST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF APPLYING FOR A PERMIT 
ASSURED THEM A CHARGE OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.  INSTEAD OF HOLDING 
THE DEMONSTRATION AT THE UNIVERSITY AGAIN, WHERE THEY WOULD 
LIKELY DRAW A SYMPATHETIC CROWD, THE ORGANIZERS CHOSE A BUSY 
INTERSECTION IN CENTRAL TEHRAN, FILLED WITH WORKING CLASS BUS 
AND TAXI DRIVERS WHO MET THEM WITH INDIFFERENCE OR HOSTILITY. 
 
4. (C) ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR DIFFERENTIATING THE 2006 RALLIES 
WITH A MORE SUCCESSFUL 2005 WOMEN'S DEMONSTRATION, THE ACTIVIST 
EXPLAINED, WAS THAT THE 2005 RALLY WAS HELD SHORTLY BEFORE THE 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, WHEN NUMEROUS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS 
WERE IN TOWN.  SHE BELIEVES THE GOVERNMENT TOLERATED THE EVENT 
BECAUSE IT DID NOT WANT PICTURES OF A CRACKDOWN ON A 
DEMONSTRATION GETTING INTERNATIONAL PLAY. 
 
5. (C) THE PROFESSOR ALSO NOTED OTHER SPLITS IN THE WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS FIELD.  WHEN SHARLA SHERKAT, THE EDITOR OF THE 
PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE ZANAN (WOMEN), PUBLICLY DISAGREED WITH THE 
DECISIONS OF THE EVENT ORGANIZERS, SHE WAS CRITICIZED FOR NOT 
MAINTAINING SOLIDARITY. 
 
NGOS, ACTIVISTS AND PROFESSORS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
 
6. (C) THE PROFESSOR ALSO DISCUSSED LESS OVERT PRESSURES ON 
CIVIL SOCIETY.  A NUMBER OF NGOS HAVE BEEN LEFT IN LEGAL LIMBO 
AFTER THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR IN EARLY 2006 INSTRUCTED THEM TO 
FILE FOR NEW PERMITS. THOSE NGOS THAT DID NOT FILE THE REQUEST 
ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO ACCUSATIONS OF OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT. 
THOSE THAT DID FILE THE PAPERWORK HAVE STILL NOT RECEIVED A 
RESPONSE BY LATE OCTOBER, MEANING THEY TOO COULD BE ACCUSED OF 
OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT. 
 
7.(C) THE ACTIVIST NOTED THAT PUBLICATIONS TARGETED TOWARD WOMEN 
AND FEATURING ARTICLES ABOUT WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, SUCH AS THE 
MAGAZINE ZANAN (WOMEN) STILL PUBLISH, BUT DO SO CAREFULLY, WITH 
A DEGREE OF SELF-CENSORSHIP.  AT THE SAME TIME, THE HEAD OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE FOR WOMEN -- WHOSE APPOINTMENT WAS CRITICIZED 
FOR HER LACK OF BACKGROUND IN WOMEN'S ISSUES -- HAS PUBLISHED A 
SERIES OF UNFAVORABLE ARTICLES ABOUT FEMINISM, SUCH AS "FEMINISM 
AND PROSTITUTION." 
 
8.(C) THE PROFESSOR NOTED THAT THE SITUATION FOR HER FELLOW 
ACTIVISTS, PARTICULARLY STUDENTS, HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATED 
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RPO DUBAI 00000009  002.3 OF 002 
 
 
THIS YEAR. DISCUSSING THE ARREST OF FORMER MAJLES DEPUTY AND 
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALI AKBAR MUSAVI KHOINI AT THE JUNE 12 
DEMONSTRATION, SHE SAID HE HAD BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE FOR SOME 
TIME FOR HIS WORK WITH THE STUDENT ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION, OFFICE 
FOR CONSOLIDATING UNITY, AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING FOR 
A REASON TO ARREST HIM.  HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS 
RALLY PROVIDED THAT REASON, SHE OPINED. 
 
9.(C) THE ACTIVIST ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
DEVISED A THREE-STARRED SYSTEM FOR RATING STUDENTS' LEVELS OF 
POLITICAL ACTIVISM.  ONE STAR DENOTES THAT A FILE IS OPEN ON 
THAT STUDENT; TWO STARS MEANS THAT THE STUDENT IS UNDER 
SURVEILLANCE; THREE STARS INDICATES THAT THE STUDENT MAY NOT BE 
PERMITTED TO RE-REGISTER FOR CLASSES.  THE GOVERNMENT REPORTEDLY 
DENIED THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH A SYSTEM, BUT A GROUP OF STUDENTS 
WHO HAD RECEIVED THESE STAR RATINGS PUBLISHED A LIST OF THEIR 
NAMES AND RATINGS TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF THE SYSTEM. 
 
10. (C) THERE HAVE BEEN PURGES OF LIBERAL AND SECULAR UNIVERSITY 
PROFESSORS, THE ACTIVIST CONFIRMED.  SHE NOTED THAT THE PURGES 
HAVE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED THE HUMANITIES DISCIPLINE RATHER THAN 
SCIENCES, SUCH AS MATHEMATICS OR ECONOMICS. SOME PROFESSORS ARE 
FIRED, SOME ARE FORCED TO RETIRE, AND STILL OTHERS ARE SIMPLY 
NOT PROMOTED TO FULL PROFESSORSHIPS. SHE NOTED THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING INCENTIVES FOR PROFESSORS TO STUDY AND 
TEACH TOPICS THAT ARE "MORE ISLAMIC."  FOR EXAMPLE, THE 
QVERNMENT OFFERS FULL FUNDING FOR SABBATICALS ONLY IF THE 
PROFESSORS GO TO THE HOWZEHS (SEMINARY SCHOOLS) IN IRAN'S MAJOR 
RELIGIOUS CENTERS, QOM OR MASHHAD.  SABBATICALS IN WESTERN 
COUNTRIES ARE NOT SIMILARLY FUNDED, AND THOSE PROFESSORS WHO GO 
ON SABBATICAL OR TAKE UP VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS IN THE UNITED 
STATES ARE PLACED UNDER GREATER SCRUTINY.  THAT FACT WAS NOT 
STOPPING HER, HOWEVER, FROM APPLYING FOR A VISA TO GIVE A 
SEMINAR AT AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. 
 
11. (C) COMMENT:  THIS SOURCE'S COMMENTS TRACK WITH SIMILAR 
REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING, IN A SLOW AND RELATIVELY 
QUIET MANNER TO REVERSE MANY OF THE ADVANCES MADE UNDER FORMER 
PRESIDENT KHATAMI.  NONETHELESS, SHE MADE CLEAR THAT SOME 
ACTIVISTS HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERRED FROM THEIR WORK. 
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