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Women's role in pre-Islamic Inquisition era

 
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:56 pm    Post subject: Women's role in pre-Islamic Inquisition era Reply with quote

My friends Arash from Ahwaz sent me this throgh e-mail and asked me to publish it..


"dear See this web sites:

Imperial Iranian Air Force: http://www.iiaf.net/home.html

Imperial Iranian Navy : http://www.iinavy.org/

From iiaf.net:
Women in the Imperial Iranian Air Force

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Before the Arabs invading Iran in the name of Islam and change Iranian Zoroastrian religion, Women played a major role in society.

Iran had Queens such as Pourandoukht and Azarmidoukht. one of the Commanders of Persian Navy was Artemis Iranian Women also were in charge in various levels of Armed Forces.
After the Arab’s invasion (around 600 AD) until early 1930 for almost 1400 Years Iraniain women due to Islamic regulations did not have a significant role in society.

During Pahlavi era (1930 -1979) Women became more and more involved in Iran. As early as 1933 (1312) Mrs. Marzieh Arfaee (Doctor) joined the Armed forces with the rank of Capt. and she became the first Woman with the rank of General in the Iranian military.
In 1935 (1314) Mrs. Ozra Asgar Gilani was the first woman in Imperial Iranian Air Force.
In 1939 (1318) a group of 9 women were enrolled in pilot training program in Iran and Mrs. Effat Tejaratchi became the first Woman to be given pilot license, (trained with Tiger Mouth).
The first Helicopter license was issued to Princes Fatemeh (Gen. Khatami's Wife).
In 1966 (1345) the first series of women graduated from IIAF in several field such as Electronic, Radar, Medical, Air Craft Maintenance, Flight crew, Air Traffic Controllers and Communication.
The first Woman to become senior officer in IIAF was Maj. Parvaneh Noorvar (Doctor).

Ironically, the fall of the Shah left Iran open to Iraqi attacks and from Feb. 1979 ( Bahman 1357 ) to September 1980 ( Shahrivar 1359 ) there were over 200 recorded Iraqi attacks. The first attack on Baneh (Kordestan) resulted in 15 deaths and 9 prisoners.

On September 22, 1980 ( 31 Shahrivar 1359 ), Iraqi fighter aircraft attacked ten air bases in Iran. Their aim was to destroy the Iranian air force on the ground. They succeeded in destroying runways and fuel and ammunition depots, but much of Iran’s aircraft inventory was left intact. Simultaneously, six Iraqi army divisions entered Iran on three fronts in an initially successful surprise attack.
On the Northern front, an Iraqi mountain infantry division captured Qasr-e Shirin, a border town in Kermanshahan Province, and occupied territory 30 kilometers eastward to the base of the Zagros Mountains.
On the Central front, Iraqi forces captured Mehran, on the western plain of the Zagros Mountains in Ilam province, and pushed eastward to the mountain base.
The main thrust of the attack, however, was in the south. Iraqi armored units easily crossed the Shatt al Arab waterway and entered the Iranian province of Khuzestan. While some divisions headed toward Khorramshahr and Abadan, others moved toward Ahwaz, the provincial capital and site of an important air base.
Supported by heavy artillery fire, the troops made a rapid and lightening advance – almost 60 kilometers in the first days.
In the battle for Dezful in Khuzestan, the Islamic regime was forced to halt the execution of hundreds of Iranian pilots accused of participating in a failed coup d’etat attempt in July 1980 and suspected of being loyal to the late Shah. It was these pilots who despite the serious deterioration of the air force were able to curtail the Iraqi advance with their heroic and skilled flying. However, it must be remembered that the Iraqi aggression took place at a time when the Islamic regime had purged the Imperial Armed Forces of many of its top command, officers, specialists and the most educated personnel. More than 2550 executions took place between 1979 and September 1980 with more than 1050 of them coming from the armed forces.
By not maintaining the high tech radar system the revolutionary authorities allowed the Iraqis to penetrate Iranian air space and placing Iran’s population under the threat of enemy bombardment. As the war continued, the revolutionary government had to admit its need for the professional services of many of the purged officers to lead the armed forces in defending the country.

History will record that during the 1970s, imperial Iran developed one of the most impressive military forces in the Middle East but the catastrophic events of islamic regime in 1979 weakened the armed forces and allowed the impossible to happen.
The war that H.I.M. Mohammed Reza Shah had averted in 1975 when Iran and Iraq signed a non-aggression pact was torn by Saddam Hussein in 1980 and ushered a war that was to cost over a million Iranian lives and 500,000 wounded casualties and billions of dollars of damages.
But let us not forget that it was the criminal incompetence of the mullahs and their systematic destruction of Iran’s armed forces that allowed the war to go on for eight long years.



Sent to me by Arash .

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfortunately, I can't say that I'm shocked.
Where are the Women Rights organisations rallying to the support of these women? While fighting for superiority in America, they could be fighting for equality in Iran!
I'm convinced that there is a liberal bias against people from oppressed countries. If they were to focus on actual problems, and not an agenda based on political domination, then they would be exposed as the megalomaniacal frauds they are.
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