Katrina,YanJinjin,2012200661,Class3,InternationalPolitics.IranIran,alargecountrybetweentheHYPERLINK"http://wikitravel.org/en/Middle_East"\o"MiddleEast"MiddleEastandHYPERLINK"http://wikitravel.org/en/Central_Asia"\o"CentralAsia"CentralAsia,whosegeostrategic地缘政治的location,combinedwithitsabundanceofoilandnaturalgas,endows赋予itwithconsiderableregionalandinternationalrelevance.Iranistheworld’sfirstandonlyproclaimedIslamicRepublic.Today,Iran’sgovernmentisledbyreligiousconservativeswhofavorprinciplesofSharialawandShiaIslamicfundamentalism.UnliketheU.S.systemofgovernance,churchandstateareinexorablylinkedinmodern-dayIran,andreligiouspreceptsformthebackboneofIran'spoliticalstructure.Thoughinternaldivisionsexist,theregimeisstableandsecure.Significantmomentumforreformhaslargelyabatedasreformershaverunupagainstcensorshipandpublicapathy.Economichardshipcreatedbyinternationalsanctionsandgeneralunderdevelopmentstrainsthemandateofthemullahssomewhat,butnationalismandanti-AmericanismisoftenemployedtodistracttheIranianpeoplefromtheirbreadandbutterconcerns.WomenSincetheHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolution_in_Iran"\o"IslamicRevolutioninIran"IslamicRevolutioninIranin1979,theIranianwomenareforcedtowearloose-fittingcoatsorcloakssuchastheHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chador"\o"Chador"chadorinpublic,aswellasaHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headscarf"\o"Headscarf"headscarfthatcoversthehairinordertoavoidexposuretomenwhoarenotHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahram"\o"Mahram"mahram.LikewomenelsewhereintheMuslimworld,womeninIransufferlegalandculturaldiscriminationbecauseoftradition,cultureandhistory.Women’sRightsinIslamicRepublicofIranThevalueofawoman’slifeisonehalfofthelifeofaman.Daughtersgethalftheinheritancethatthesonsget.Awomandoesnothavetherighttodivorceherhusbandwhileamancandivorcehiswifeanytimehewishesandwithoutherknowledge.MenareallowedtoMary4wivesandasmanytemporarywivesastheywant.Womencannottravel,work,gotoschool,ore