About Iranian Women

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Iranian Women (or Persian women): refers to women of, or from, traditional Persian or modern Iranian culture.
In short Iranian Women are women born in Iran.

Iranian Women:

The term Iranian Woman (plural= Iranian Women) is usually reserved for an Iranian adult, with the term Iranian girl being the usual term for a persian female child or adolescent. However, the term Iranian Woman is also sometimes used to identify an Iranian female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Iranian Women's rights".

Iranian Women's Day or Persian Women's Day:
The official women's day in Iran is on the birthday of Prophet's daughter Fatimah. In ancient times, the 29th of Bahman (18 February) was considered Persian women's day and many people still celebrate this day. History of the celebration dates back to Zoroastrian tradition. International Women's Day is also celebrated by Iranians specially by people involved in Persian women's movement.

Women in Iran, Iranian Female Authors:
Over the past two centuries, women in Iran have played a prominent role in Persian literature. Contemporary Iranian female poets include Simin Behbahani, Forough Farrokhzad, Parvin Etesami.
Simin Behbahani has written passionate love poems as well as narrative poetry enriched by a motherly affection for all humans. Behbahani is president of The Iranian Writers' Association and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1997.
Contemporary authors include Simin Daneshvar, Shahrnush Parsipur, and Moniru Ravanipur.