Dr Dastgerdi is not just a doctor but is also an energetic politician. For eight years she was one of only fourteen female MP's. Despite her opposition to political liberalisation she made history by introducing a radical bill to improve women's rights by making divorce easier for women and giving them greater custody rights over their children. Dr Dastgerdi is a model for thousands of women who have transformed Iran since the Revolution. In the country Mr and Mrs Tanaie are typical small land owners, and farm 40 acres West of Tehran.
Education is the engine of change in Iran.
It creates new aspirations - even in the countryside. An unfinished mosque stands behind the farm, but one religious obligation must be sacrificed for another. The education of their five children is more important than paying for another mosque. Farzeneh Tanahie sits by her new computer Farzeneh, the brightest Tanahie Child is given a computer by a family friend. She is ambitious and already studying computer engineering.