> '[I]t is not surprising to see waves of women protesting a fraudulent election. There is so much at stake for Iranian women.' - Women at the forefront of the struggle in Iran.
> 'I have developed my strong support for the struggle of the Iranian women based on three distinct events the first of which goes back to 1979.'
> '[T]he truth is that the high turnout was the result of many years of organizational work carried out by small groups of civil rights activists and, above all, women's groups, working largely unnoticed and without much outside help.'
> 'As Iran's theocracy appears on the verge of silencing the biggest challenge to its authority since it was established in 1979, female activists in the region say they are inspired by the prominent role women are playing in the country's opposition movement. Many hope it will have a crossover effect on the struggle for women's rights in their own countries and help shatter Western perceptions of Middle Eastern women as subjugated in a male-dominated culture.'