(Web Desk) – Iran’s anti-government protests are rooted in long-standing restrictions on girls and women, including access to education, said Malala Yousafzai, the education activist and Nobel peace prize laureate.
Yousafzai said on X that the ongoing protests “cannot be separated from the long-standing, state-imposed restrictions on girls’ and women’s autonomy,” and added: “Iranian girls, like girls everywhere, demand a life with dignity.”