Women's rights in Iran and the Middle East have always been a questionable issue. Although their rights have changed over the centuries, they have never really been compared to men or anyone really accepted them. Especially for women in Iran, they had almost no rights in culture, marriage or other aspects of their lives. In the following essay you will read about the daily lives of women in the Middle East. During the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Iran's political, social and economic structure was transformed. Secular laws were replaced with Islamic laws creating an outbreak. Women were often mistreated, raped, treated like slaves, and accused of false imprisonment. These tortures that most women had to face are against the Islamic religion. For example, the Quran states “God treats men and women as spiritually equal.” This means that even though men and women are not created the same with the same functions in the way the body is, they still have the same rights. In society, women have always been considered as housewives who cook, clean and have children. They have no right to get an education, own property, or be the head of the family even if their husband dies. Men could celebrate 4 weddings while women could only marry once. Even the custody of the children was in the hands of the father and if he died the wife still could not have her, the custody would go to the male relative on the father's side. Another thing that was required of women was clothing. They had to wear loose clothing or a cloak so that unmarried men could not see the structure of their body and a headscarf that completely covered their hair. No part of their hair could be shown and it had to be completely covered. Islam in general is... half the paper... d equally. They could work outside their hometowns and take up different types of jobs. They had more freedom than other women, but they still had to follow the same rules as other women in society. They too had to cover themselves and wear the veil. Works Cited 1) Fathi, Ashgar. Women and family in Iran. Netherlands: EJ Brill,1985.2)Bodman, Herbert L and Tohidi Esfahlani Nayereh. Women in Muslim societies. United States: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc, 1998.3) Becky Lois and Nashat Guity. Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic. University of Illinois: Board of Trustees, 2004.4) Keddie, Nikkie R. Women in the Middle East: Past and Present. United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 2007.5)Joseph, Saud. Gender and citizenship in the Middle East. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2000.