A hashtag is being used to highlight the restrictions facing many
women who live in Iran, after a female footballer’s story made
international headlines.
Iranian journalist and campaigner Masih
Alinejad is now urging political leaders to follow on from the publicity
Ardalan’s case has received by looking at the oppression facing all
women in the ultra Conservative country.
Ms Alinejad, who runs the
My Stealthy Freedom Facebook page, stressed that Ardalan’s situation
represents a wider problem faced by many women in Iran who do not enjoy
support for their rights because they do not have Ardalan's fame.
She told The Independent that a woman not being allowed to leave the
country without her husband’s permission is a human rights issue that
needs to be urgently addressed.
“The truth is that it is happening
to all women for decades but because this time a well known women
exposed it and complained about it many women joined her,” said Ms
Alinejad.
“It is horrific that all of the women in Iran are
suffering but because they are not as known as Nilofar the world and the
media keep silent.
“It is beyond sad when a man must decide what a
woman does; it is a human rights violation. What gives one human being
the right to have this power over another? It belongs in the dark a
