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Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi

Iranian lawyer and writer

May 7, 2026

29:34
Tell me more about the laws.
29:44
The Islamic Republic adopted, uh, such discriminatory laws, um, some of which I'm going to highlight.
29:57
One is laws based on gender discrimination, according to which, for instance, a woman's life w- a, a woman's life is considered to be worth half that of a manFor instance, if my brother and I happen to have been in a car accident, the court awards my brother twice as much in compensation, uh, from the driver than, uh, to myself because I'm considered to be half worth that of my brother.
30:34
In other instance, a testimony of two women in a court of law is tantamount to the testimony of one man.
30:42
Then there is a law of inheritance when the girls under the Islamic Republic inherit half as much as their brothers do, and a wife only inherits one-eighth of her deceased husband's wealth.
31:00
Whereas the same does not apply to the husband, of course, he inherits everything.
31:05
In another example, a man is allowed to have legally four wives, and he can divorce any of them without giving any justification at any time he chooses to do so.

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