You know, if you go back in history, I was born in 1977, and in 1977, Iran was more Western than maybe the United States. They Iran had more women elected to public office and in the workforce than the United States in 1977. You saw that change with the overthrow of Shah in 1979. And now women get stoned for teaching their girls arithmetic or how to read. (00:29–00:32)
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Asserts that Iran had more women in public office and workforce than the U.S. in 1977.
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