Iran's #metoo moment

Iranian women are using the hashtag #tajavoz to call out sexual violence.

Iranian women are calling out perpetrators of sexual violence online, in what has been dubbed Iran’s #MeToo movement.

In August, a woman tweeted the name of a Tehrani bookshop owner, Keyvan Emamverdi, followed by the hashtag #tajavoz, the Farsi word for rape.

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