Introduction The imagery of the Iranian Revolution is indelibly marked by the figure of the veiled woman. Photographs from 1978-79 show countless women, clad in chadors, marching in the streets, confronting soldiers, and shouting slogans against the Shah. To a Western audience, this iconography presented a profound paradox: why would women actively participate in a … Continue reading Veiled Agency: Women, Mobilization, and the Contested Legacy of the Iranian Revolution