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At the beginning of the 20th century, the women’s movement grew by leaps and bounds in Iran. It reached its height between 1962 and 1978, when the Iranian Women’s Movement won many victories, including the institution of laws giving women the right to vote and to take part in public office. But when the Iranian Revolution ended in 1979 and Ayatollah Khomeini took power, the veil was introduced - ...