Having for years enjoyed greater rights than other women in the Middle East, women in Iraq are now losing even their basic freedoms. The right to choose their clothes, the right to love or marry whom they want. Of course women suffered under Saddam. I fled his cruel regime. I personally witnessed much brutality, but the subjugation of women was never a goal of the Baath party.

Question with options: Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Women in Iraq have lost their freedom."?

Pick your answer from: 1). yes; 2). no;
1).