(CNN) -- As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the U.N. General Assembly in New York last month, the spotlight was once again on Iran. And true to form, the Iranian president made his fair share of provocative statements for the Western media. But while Ahmadinejad's mercurial rants captured our media's attention, back in Iran a coordinated strategy against the women's movement continued. On the eve of Ahmadinejad's arrival to New York, Shiva Nazar Ahari, a prominent young female defender of human rights, received a heavy sentence of six years in prison on charges including the vague crime of "waging war against God" -- a convenient catch-all offense for anyone who criticizes the regime and its human rights record. There's no denying it -- Iran's women have had a bad year. Nazar Ahari joins a steadily increasing number of other women's rights activists who are in prison for no greater crime than their attempt to fight for the rights of the women. Hengameh Shahidi, Alieh Eghdam Doust, Bahareh Hedayat and Mahdiyeh Golrou have all been sent to Tehran's notorious Evin Prison on trumped-up charges related to their activism. And while Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, arguably the most internationally recognized Iranian women's rights activist, remains unable to safely return to her country, the government is targeting those affiliated with her for arrest and imprisonment, including her lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and her former aide Jinous Sobhani. Since the 2009 disputed elections and associated government crackdown on the overall reform movement, the government has increasingly targeted women activists. The reasons behind this go well beyond the misogynist nature of Iran's religious leadership. Rather, it is more part of a deliberate and calculated strategy of the Iranian authorities to strike at the heart of the regime's greatest vulnerability -- internal legitimacy with its own people. See more CNN.com opinion articles Iran's government recognizes and fears the broader power of the women activists who have been on the front line of reform in Iran for more than a decade. One can roughly draw an analogy between the women's movement in Iran to movements of religious groups in Burma or Tibet, or the labor "solidarity" movements in the former Eastern bloc and associated labor-Roman Catholic solidarity in Poland -- all advocating initially for the freedoms of a specific group but which provoked government fears for their transformative power to promote broader human rights progress. While the outside world occasionally reacts to the most egregious manifestations of Iran's repression of women -- such as the international condemnation associated with Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian widow sentenced to stoning on charges of alleged adultery -- these events are often portrayed simply as a consequence of the regime's archaic viewpoint about gender. 
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What is the name of the person who made their fair share of provocative statements for the Western media?
(CNN) -- När Irans president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad besökte FN:s generalförsamling i New York förra månaden, var strålkastarljuset återigen på Iran. Och den iranska presidenten gjorde sin beskärda del av provokativa uttalanden för västerländska medier. Men medan Ahmadinejads merkuriala ränder fångade våra mediers uppmärksamhet, fortsatte tillbaka i Iran en samordnad strategi mot kvinnorörelsen. Strax före Ahmadinejads ankomst till New York fick Shiva Nazar Ahari, en framstående ung kvinnlig försvarare av mänskliga rättigheter, ett tungt straff på sex års fängelse för anklagelser inklusive det vaga brottet att "föra krig mot Gud" - ett bekvämt brott mot alla som kritiserar regimen och dess mänskliga rättigheter. Irans kvinnor har haft ett dåligt år. Nazar Ahari ansluter sig till ett stadigt ökande antal andra kvinnorättsaktivister som sitter i fängelse för inget större brott än sitt försök att kämpa för kvinnornas rättigheter. Hengameh Shahidi, Alieh Eghdam Doust, Bahareh Hedayat och Mahdiyeh Golrou har alla skickats till Teherans ökända Evinfängelse på falska anklagelser relaterade till deras aktivism. Och samtidigt som mottagare av Nobels fredspris Shirin Ebadi, som är den internationellt mest erkända iranska kvinnorättsaktivisten, fortfarande inte kan återvända till sitt land på ett säkert sätt, riktar sig regeringen mot dem som är knutna till henne för arrestering och fängelse, inklusive hennes advokat Nasrin Sotoudeh och hennes tidigare medhjälpare Jinous Sobhani. Sedan 2009 års omstridda val med tillhörande regeringslag mot den övergripande reformrörelsen har regeringen alltmer riktat in sig på kvinnliga aktivister. Orsakerna till detta går långt utöver den kvinnofientliga karaktären hos Irans religiösa ledarskap. Snarare är det mer en del av en medveten och beräknad strategi från de iranska myndigheternas sida att slå till mot hjärtat av regimens största sårbarhet -- inre legitimitet med sitt eget folk. Se mer CNN.com opinionsartiklar Irans regering erkänner och fruktar den bredare makten hos de kvinnliga aktivister som har stått i frontlinjen för reformer i Iran i mer än ett decennium. Man kan ungefär dra en analogi mellan kvinnorörelsen i Iran till rörelser av religiösa grupper i Burma eller Tibet, eller arbetarrörelsen "solidaritet" i det forna östblocket och tillhörande arbetarromersk katolsk solidaritet i Polen -- alla förespråkade inledningsvis en specifik grupps friheter men som framkallade regeringsrädslor för deras omvälvande makt för att främja bredare framsteg i fråga om mänskliga rättigheter. Medan omvärlden då och då reagerar på de mest avskyvärda manifestationerna av Irans förtryck av kvinnor -- såsom det internationella fördömandet i samband med Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, en iransk änka som dömts till stening på grund av påstådda äktenskapsbrott -- framställs dessa händelser ofta helt enkelt som en följd av regimens ålderdomliga syn på kön. Har du några frågor?
(CNN) -- When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month, the spotlight was again on Iran. And the Iranian President made his fair share of provocative statements for Western media. But while Ahmadinejad's mercurial stripes caught the attention of our media, back in Iran a coordinated strategy against the women's movement continued. Shortly before Ahmadinejad's arrival in New York, Shiva Nazar Ahari, a prominent young female defender of human rights, received a heavy sentence of six years in prison for charges including the vague crime of "marturing against God" - a convenient violation of anyone criticising the regime and its human rights. Iranian women have had a bad year. Nazar Ahari joins a steadily increasing number of other women's rights activists who are in prison for no greater crime than their attempt to fight for women's rights. Hengameh Shahidi, Alieh Eghdam Doust, Bahareh Hedayat and Mahdiyeh Golrou have all been sent to Tehran's infamous Evin prison on false charges related to their activism. And while the Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, who is the most internationally recognized Iranian women's rights activist, still cannot return to his country safely, the government is targeting those associated with her for arrest and imprisonment, including her lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and her former aide Jinous Sobhani. Since the 2009 disputed elections and associated government law against the overall reform movement, the government has increasingly targeted women activists. The reasons for this go far beyond the misogynistic nature of Iran's religious leadership. Rather, it is more part of a conscious and calculated strategy by the Iranian authorities to strike at the heart of the regime's greatest vulnerability -- internal legitimacy with its own people. See more CNN.com opinion articles Iran's government recognises and fears the wider power of the female activists who have been at the forefront of reforms in Iran for more than a decade. One can roughly draw an analogy between the women's movement in Iran to movements of religious groups in Burma or Tibet, or the labour movement "solidarity" in the former Eastern bloc and associated worker Roman Catholic solidarity in Poland -- all initially advocated the freedoms of a specific group but which provoked government fears for their transformative power to promote wider progress in human rights. While the outside world occasionally reacts to the most abominable manifestations of Iran's oppression of women -- such as the international condemnation in connection with Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian widow sentenced to stoning for alleged adultery -- these events are often simply presented as a result of the regime's archaic view of gender. Do you have any questions?
Vad heter personen som gjorde sin beskärda del av provokativa uttalanden för västerländska medier?
What is the name of the person who made his fair share of provocative statements for Western media?