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On International Women’s Day on March 8, 1979, a women’s march took place in Tehran in Iran. The march was originally intended to celebrate the International Women’s Day, but transformed into massive protests against the changes taking place in women’s rights during the Iranian revolution, specifically the introduction of the mandatory hijab (veiling), which had been announced the day before. ...

Khalkhali was one of Khomeini’s circle of disciples as far back as 1955 and reconstructed the former secret society of Islamic assassins known as the Fadayan-e Islam after its suppression, but was not a well-known figure to the public prior to the Islamic Revolution.

Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (27 July 1926 – 26 November 2003) was a Shia cleric of the Islamic Republic of Iran who is said to have “brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution” that earned him a reputation as Iran’s “hanging judge”.

  The history of photography in Iran dates back to the reign of Nasser-al-Din Shah. The presentations of this era featured the traditional lifestyle of that time, and the illumination of that era for the historical studies of the nineteenth century has been documented by Iranian experts.

According to flashbak.com President Jimmy Carter kisses Claire Huckel, 7, of Philadelphia on the cheek during their meeting at the White House in Washington on Thursday, March 1, 1979. Claire is the 1979 National Easter Seal Child. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)Ref #: PA.10084782 Date: 01/03/1979