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21 Jun 2009 01:02 pm
The Women
Two observations from the uprising. The Sunday Times' Marie Colvin:
Artemis, a 41-year-old Tehrani woman, is the proud holder of a law degree,
but one who has never been allowed to work. She was clear about why she
joined the million-plus men, women and children who took to the streets of
Tehran last Monday.
“People want freedom and justice,” she said. “They stole the vote. No one in
his right mind believes this result.”
She said she had been afraid to voice criticism before. “The neighbours listen
to you, and people go to prison just for what they say, or what they write.
But this is contagious. What you are seeing, all these people, this comes
from 30 years of oppression and now we have had enough.”
And from Roger Cohen, who, unlike his many detractors, is actually in Iran:
I also know that Iran’s
women stand in the vanguard. For days now, I’ve seen them urging less
courageous men on. I’ve seen them get beaten and return to the fray.
“Why are you sitting there?” one shouted at a couple of men perched on
the sidewalk on Saturday. “Get up! Get up!” Another green-eyed
woman, Mahin, aged 52, staggered into an alley clutching her face and
in tears. Then, against the urging of those around her, she limped back
into the crowd moving west toward Freedom Square. Cries of “Death to
the dictator!” and “We want liberty!” accompanied her.
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