In the summer 1976, I visited Tehran to begin research for my doctoral thesis on the legal status of Great Tonb, Little Tonb and Abu Musa, three islands located at the strategic entrance to the Persian Gulf and subject of a contentious debate first between Iran and Britain and since November 1971 between Iran and the emirates. One very bright and very early morning, armed with a letter of authorization, I descended on the ministry with a great and purposeful appetite for information, with a hunger which had been whetted in part by the secrecy which the topic commanded at the time.
Married women manhandled by Tehran's legal system get their day on the screen.
Nakedly honest and illuminating glimpse at our emerging ally's lopsided legal system. Directed by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini. In Farsi with English subtitles. Women under the kind of Islamic law practiced in Iran have no rights. He mercilessly criticized people of other convictions in radio and television and held high office.