During the course of recent events in Iran, which were accompanied by some unrest, the anti-Islamic Republic western media and their allies tried to portray a false image of Iranian women - “emerging revolutionary heroes” opposing and confronting the system and the state.

As a matter of fact, the opponents of the Islamic Republic tried to create a makebelieve scenario that these events are the beginning of a trend that will eventually result in the system change in Islamic Iran. In one of its recent issues, Time magazine called Iranian women “Heroes of the Year”; an expression that may appear to be very glamorous and a matter of pride at the first glance.

However, what the western media have failed to realize is that the most appropriate name for Iranian women is “The Winners of the Century”; an expression that is certainly very different from what the western media has been trying to project. Following the victory of the Islamic Revolution and with the expansion of women’s participation in educational and academic areas, a special social force called the women’s class has emerged in the modern world, which is, in fact, the outcome of the deserving importance and value that the Iranian system has reinstated for the female class; an emerging force that seeks its place in politics, culture, knowledge, economy, etc. and looks forward to conquering new fields of constructive activities. Within the frameworks of religiosity, love of family, and patriotism, the concern of Iranian women is very lofty and sublime, which is the concern of every elite. And even if some Iranian women may not observe full hijab, they have thoughts that are by far loftier than the meaningless western slogans.

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