Iran BEFORE the 1979 revolution: Photos show the extent of women’s freedom under the Shah – but life was not all rosy
These are photos showing how much it has changed in less than 50 years.
Women wearing short skirts and dresses surrounding figures; Families shopping in stores; Skiers who enjoy themselves on the slopes.
This was the lighter side of the life in Iran before the 1979 Revolution started the repressive regime that threatened war with the United States after the US bombing the nuclear facilities.
Under the rule of King Shah Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, a British and the United States, even the headscarf was banned because it was claimed to suppress women.
In the 1960s and 1970s, many women in Iran participated in the labor force and freely confused with men.
At that time, the actresses that were forbidden to perform later posed on short skirts for magazines, while the locals wore skiing and swimsuits, and Miss Iranian contestants had rowing boat trips.
Other images from the magazines show an actress posing with her husband and the ads exhibiting Western fashion.
It is also seen that families enjoy ski trips in the mountains in Tehran.
Under the rule of King Shah Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, a British and the United States, even the headscarf was banned because it was claimed to suppress women. Above: an Iranian woman poses at a swimsuit at the beach in Iran
A mother shopping for her young son in the children’s part of an Tehran store, 1971
Among the women in the picture are the Iranian actress Forouzan.
He started making voice, but finally moved on the screen. He starred in some of the highest revenue of the period.
When the revolution was shot in 1979, like many Iranian actresses, Forouzan was banned from playing a role in films and was more isolated in 2016 until his death.
Other Images Director Ali Hatami and his wife Zari Khoshkam’ı shows.
After the revolution, he continued to make films and TV series and his daughter Leila Hatami is a famous actor in Iran.
After Reza Shah Pahlavi became a king, the women’s rights movement in Iran bloomed.
Pahlavi gave women the right to vote as well as banning the headscarf.
The Family Protection Act gave women greater rights such as allowing divorce under the age of 15 and prohibiting marriage.
When the revolution was shot in 1979, actress Forouzan (depicted in 1968) was forbidden to play a role in films and was more isolated until its death in 2016.
Iranian women posing on the cover of a magazine in western clothes
The left -handed singer and actress Nooshfarin was one of the many Iranian artists exiled from the country after the 1979 Revolution. He started his career as a player before he started singing. In the 1970s, he moved to Southern California to continue his career. In the picture, a woman with shorts poses for a magazine in 1970
The Iranian Women’s Rights Movement was strong in the 1960s and 70s, and many women participated in the labor force and confused with men freely. In Picture: Persian actresses in the 1970s Haleh and Mahnaz
An Iranian pop group posing for promotional shootings in 1974 –
Skiers depicted on a chair elevator at a facility in Iran in the 1970s
When the Shah was overthrown in the 1979 Iranian Revolution – and Zorlu Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile – everything changed in the country
Under the Shah, the Iranians enjoyed the luxury of new colleges, universities and libraries.
Secondary schools were free for everyone and financial support for university students was expanded.
The Shah also pushed the country to adopt Western -oriented secular modernization and allowed to some extent cultural freedom.
However, there was widespread censorship in the country, and the Shah suppressed the political opposition.
The pressure on the Communists and Islamists led to many of them to be imprisoned and tortured.
With the liberalizing reforms and harsh treatment of political opponents, the Shah made the enemy of the traditionalists in the country.
These factors were perceived as a puppet and economic uncertainty of the United States, along with Shah, and reached the climax in 1979.
Shah, who suffered from cancer, escaped from the country and hard lines Ayatullah Ruhollah khomeini returned from exile.
The picture above has 1974 (left) and 1975 (right) Persian actress Forouzan. He started as an audio actress, but finally moved to the screen and starred in the highest revenue of the period in Persian films
The player forouzan is seen on the left. Iranian singer Mahastti (right) moved to England in front of the revolution in 1978 and finally emigrated to California to continue his singing career
An Iranian music group at a party in 1970. Women’s Rights Movement in Iran bloomed after Reza Shah Pahlavi
A wedding in Iran in 1970. Life under the Shah was not free and easy in any way
The Shah pushed the country to adopt Western -oriented secular modernization and allowed to some extent cultural freedom. Picture above: Mrs. Iran 1978 Finalists – It was the last of such competitions in the country
The determination of the Shah to exhibit a more liberal and modern front and prohibit religious clothes disappointed the traditionalists in Iran. In the picture above: a pair of food in Tehran in the 1960s
Pahlavi believed that the headscarf had suppressed women, so he banned it. In addition, he gave women the right to vote and an increasing number of labor force participated. In the picture above, street fashion in Tehran in the 1970s
A young woman wearing a smart belt dress and carrying a handbag on a street in Tehran, 1968
Iranian women who read magazines in a supermarket in Tehran, 1968
Tehran at the T He Heydarnia Stadium in Iran, female athletes, 1970s
Young women dressed in Western fashion in Tehran in 1968
The demonstrators organize a poster of Ayatollah Ruhollah Humeini in January 1979 in Tehran during a demonstration against the Shah
Confrontation between the followers of Revolutionary Militiamen and Reza Shah in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution
In the days following the revolution, the students who supported Khomeini suppressed the US Embassy in Tehran and took 66 staff hostage for 444 days. Above: Students who burn a US flag while standing on the walls of the US embassy compound
The front page of the Daily Mail after the 1979 Revolution declared ‘victory for the prophet’ – a reference for Khomeini’s inheritance
Ayatollah Humeini, who lives in exile in France, then came back and announced that an Islamic Republic was created.
Women’s Rights Movement quickly declined.
He had to wear the headscarf, most of the rights granted to them were withdrawn, and Farokhroo Parsa, Farokhroo Parsa in Iran, was executed with the fire team.
Under the rule of Khomeini, international amnesty organization estimated that the number of executions in Iran was higher than the rest of the world.
It was said that a woman who was caught in the city of Tabriz wearing lipstick was whipped 101 times in the most intense area of the city.
In the days following the revolution, the students who supported Khomeini suppressed the US Embassy in Tehran and took 66 staff hostage for 444 days.
Popular anger against the US stemmed from the coup designed by the 1953 CIA, which overthrew Iran’s elected prime minister and strengthened the Shah’s power.
After Khomeini’s death in 1989, there was no permission in the pressure of Western lifestyles.
Today, newspapers are censored, protests are aggressively suppressed, and women do not have a legal protection against domestic violence or sexual harassment.
