Mahnaz Afkhami was Iran's Minister for Women until the 1979 Islamic revolution and has never been able to return since (Spanish)

Author : Maria del Pilar Castillo, La Nación

Description: In an interview with La Nación, Mahnaz Afkhami speaks in depth about her time as the Secretary General of the Women’s Organization of Iran and as Iran’s first and only Minister for Women’s Affairs. Afkhami discusses Iran’s drive in the 1970s to focus on modernity and women’s rights. She also speaks about the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and her subsequent exile. She also shares her views on current events in Iran, centered around the death of Mahsa Amini, and her views on Iran’s future.