'My Body, My Choice': Exiled Iranian Women Pose Nude for Video in Protest against Sexual Oppression in Their Native Country

MAIL ONLINE: Defiant call for equality as world marks International Women's Day today
A group of Iranian women have stripped off for a new video in a protest against sexual oppression in their native country.

The ladies, who are living in exile in Europe, pose naked in front of the camera as they each deliver a defiant message.

Their slogans include 'I believe in the equality of women and men' and 'my thoughts, my body, my choice'.

They have produced the video in the hope of boosting sales of the Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar, which has been released today to coincide with International Women's Day.

The calendar has been dedicated to an Egyptian activist who posted a full-length photo of herself on her blog last year in a stand against sexual discrimination in Islam. » | Simon Tomlinson | Thursday, March 08, 2012

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Yet again, Iran demonstrates its commitment to women’s rights!
”The Iranian authorities marked International Women’s Day by attacking hundreds of people who had peacefully assembled to honor women’s rights. Once again, Iran’s government has signaled that it is ready to use violence to suppress peaceful public assembly of any sort.” - Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch

Police in the Iranian capital Tehran have prevented protesters from taking part in a rally outside parliament to mark International Women's Day.

The authorities deployed large numbers of riot police and plain clothes officers in front of the parliament.

A few people tried to gather but were dispersed. One women was seen lifted up and carried away by female officers. Iran police stop women’s protests

Watch BBC video: Iranian women's protest ban

International Women’s Day (March 8, 2007)


Mark Alexander