Dr. Zahra Rahnavard, Mir Hossein Mousavi’s wife, for the anniversary of The International Women’s Day (March 8th) in a message while condemning the discriminatory laws and the oppression against the Iranian women that these days have unfortunately increased, invited the people as well as the ruling powers in Iran to return to the compassionate and humane values to honour the dignity of the Iranian women. l

In this message Dr. Zahra Rahnavard while praising the high stature of Iranian women who throughout the history always with courage and selflessness alongside men sacrificed a lot or the prosperity of their homeland, added that today the leading women of the Green Movement are unjustly in prison only because they demand justice in political, social and cultural affairs of the country. l

She added that the women of the Green Movement today are shocked when witnessing the discriminatory laws and behaviours that in different forms are emerging in various matters. l

Rahnavard stressed that the Green Movement is the manifestation of the ideals of any noble and justice-seeking human; and the Green Movement honours women because of these same high-valued humane and moral principles and praises their great role throughout the human history as well as the national and Islamic histories. l

At the end Zahra Rahnavard hoped that the Green Movement takes major steps in eliminating the discriminatory laws and behaviours against women. l