A coalition of Iranian women is planning to hold a peaceful rally in Tehran on June 12 to protest the anti-women laws.According to the Zanestan web site, in the last 100 years since the constitutional revolution Iranian women have been trying to gain equal rights. However, their basic rights have been generally ignored in both civil and criminal laws.
The website also claims the following demands by the coalition in the last year's rally have been ignored:
Abolition of polygamy
The right of divorce by women (currently only men have such a right) Joint custody of children
Equal rights in marriage
Increasing minimum legal age for girls to 18
Equal rights for women as witnesses
