It only seems like women are playing a central role in the Iranian election protests because of Western media manipulation – not.
Reports have surfaced that there is no more space left for women in Tehran’s official prisons. Human rights’ activists report on unsanitary and inappropriate conditions for imprisoned women protesters in Iran’s overcrowded jails. At least 60 of imprisoned women are in the public wards and have only been given a blanket and are forced to sleep in corridors.

Shams al-Nahar 7:35 pm on June 30, 2009 Permalink |
65% of university students are female….so the crowd makeup is probably more than half women.
Part of the Green Wave seems to be civil rights for women.