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| A defiant participant from the June 12 demonstration |
On June 12 at around 5:00 PM, more than one thousand people assembled in Tehran to demonstrate in support of equal rights for Iranian women. The police had assembled at the location prior to the event and they attempted to prevent participants from displaying placards, shouting slogans and distributing brochures. Police ultimately suppressed the demonstration by using tear gas, electrical batons and other types of physical force.
About 70 people — mostly women — were arrested. Many of those who were arrested were human rights activists. Among them was the wife of one of the most prominent activists of the Tehran bus drivers' syndicate, Mansoor Hayat Gheyb.
Further reading
I am a woman. I have rights. photo essay from iranian.com
Iranian Police Forcibly Disperse Women's Rights Protest In Tehran from payvand.com
International Women's Day in Tehran greeklish.org
Strikebreaking: More on the labor movement in Iran greeklish.org
