Iran_NP1 's_GE Second_MD Sex_NN1 From_II Day_NP1 1_MC1 ,_, Iran_NP1 's_GE women_NN2 stood_VVD in_II the_AT vanguard_NN1 ._. 
Their_APPGE voices_NN2 from_II rooftops_NN2 were_VBDR loudest_JJT ,_, and_CC their_APPGE defiance_NN1 in_II the_AT streets_NN2 boldest_JJT ._. 
"_" Stand_VV0 ,_, do_VD0 n't_XX run_VVI ,_, "_" Nazanine_NP1 told_VVD me_PPIO1 as_II the_AT baton-wielding_JJ police_NN2 charged_VVD up_RP handsome_JJ Vali_JJ Asr_NN1 avenue_NN1 on_II the_AT day_NNT1 after_II the_AT fraudulent_JJ election_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 stood_VVD ._. 
Images_NN2 assail_VV0 me_PPIO1 :_: a_AT1 slender_JJ woman_NN1 clutching_VVG her_APPGE stomach_NN1 outside_II Tehran_NP1 University_NN1 after_II the_AT blow_NN1 ;_; a_AT1 tall_JJ woman_NN1 gesticulating_VVG to_II the_AT men_NN2 behind_II her_PPHO1 to_TO advance_VVI on_II the_AT shiny-shirted_JJ Basij_JJ militia_NN ;_; women_NN2 shedding_VVG tears_NN2 of_IO distilled_JJ indignation_NN1 ;_; How_RRQ can_VM a_AT1 revolution_NN1 kill_VVI its_APPGE children_NN2 ?_? 
The_AT post-1979_JJ generation_NN1 has_VHZ risen_VVN ,_, not_XX alone_RR ,_, but_CCB in_II the_AT lead_NN1 ._. 
Perhaps_RR Iran_NP1 can_VM not_XX be_VBI an_AT1 exception_NN1 to_II the_AT rule_NN1 that_CST revolutions_NN2 devour_VV0 themselves_PPX2 ._. 
A_AT1 friend_NN1 told_VVD me_PPIO1 he_PPHS1 no_RR21 longer_RR22 recognizes_VVZ his_APPGE wife_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 'd_VHD been_VBN of_IO the_AT reluctantly_RR acquiescent_JJ school_NN1 ._. 
Now_RT ,_, "_" She_PPHS1 's_VBZ a_AT1 revolutionary_JJ ._. "_" 
I_PPIS1 followed_VVD as_CSA she_PPHS1 led_VVD us_PPIO2 up_RP onto_II the_AT roof_NN1 ._. 
The_AT "_" death_NN1 to_II the_AT dictator_NN1 "_" that_CST surged_VVD from_II her_PPHO1 into_II the_AT night_NNT1 was_VBDZ of_IO rare_JJ ferocity_NN1 ._. 
In_II a_AT1 way_NN1 it_PPH1 is_VBZ simple_JJ :_: laws_NN2 that_CST can_VM force_VVI a_AT1 girl_NN1 into_II marriage_NN1 at_II 13_MC ;_; discriminatory_JJ laws_NN2 on_II inheritance_NN1 ;_; the_AT segregated_JJ beaches_NN2 on_II the_AT Caspian_NP1 ;_; the_AT humiliation_NN1 of_IO arrest_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 neck_NN1 revealed_VVN or_CC an_AT1 ankle-length_JJ skirt_NN1 (_( a_AT1 gust_NN1 of_IO wind_NN1 might_VM show_VVI a_AT1 forbidden_JJ flash_NN1 of_IO leg_NN1 )_) ;_; the_AT suffocation_NN1 that_CST leads_VVZ one_MC1 artist_NN1 I_PPIS1 know_VV0 to_TO raise_VVI her_APPGE hands_NN2 to_II her_APPGE neck_NN1 ._. 
Yes_UH ,_, it_PPH1 's_VBZ simple_JJ ._. 
From_II the_AT outset_NN1 ,_, the_AT regime_NN1 targeted_VVD women_NN2 ,_, calculating_VVG that_CST the_AT patriarchal_JJ culture_NN1 of_IO the_AT country_NN1 would_VM embrace_VVI the_AT idea_NN1 of_IO an_AT1 Islamic_JJ diktat_NN1 that_CST "_" put_VV0 women_NN2 in_II their_APPGE place_NN1 ._. "_" 
But_CCB then_RT again_RT nothing_PN1 in_II Iran_NP1 is_VBZ simple_JJ ._. 
One_MC1 benefit_NN1 of_IO the_AT massive_JJ show_NN1 of_IO resistance_NN1 to_II a_AT1 stolen_JJ vote_NN1 ,_, and_CC future_NN1 ,_, has_VHZ been_VBN to_TO awaken_VVI Americans_NN2 to_II the_AT civic_JJ vitality_NN1 of_IO Iranian_JJ society_NN1 --_NN1 a_AT1 real_JJ country_NN1 with_IW real_JJ people_NN rather_II21 than_II22 a_AT1 bunch_NN1 of_IO zealous_JJ clerics_NN2 posing_VVG a_AT1 nuclear_JJ problem_NN1 ._. 
This_DD1 is_VBZ a_AT1 sea_NN1 change_NN1 ._. 
Iran_NP1 has_VHZ been_VBN denuclearized_VVN ,_, not_XX in_II the_AT sense_NN1 that_CST the_AT problem_NN1 has_VHZ gone_VVN away_RL (_( on_II the_AT contrary_NN1 )_) ,_, but_CCB in_II the_AT sense_NN1 that_CST a_AT1 rounded_JJ picture_NN1 ,_, beyond_RL to_TO bomb_VVI or_CC not_XX to_TO bomb_VVI ,_, has_VHZ formed_VVN ._. 
Say_VV0 Iran_NP1 and_CC murdered_VVN Neda_NP1 Agha-Sultan_NP1 surges_VVZ where_RRQ a_AT1 bearded_JJ mullah_NN1 once_RR stood_VVD ._. 
Young_NP1 ,_, modern_JJ ,_, connected_VVN ,_, Neda_NP1 just_RR wanted_VVN to_TO live_VVI her_APPGE life_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 personifies_VVZ a_AT1 certain_JJ Iran_NP1 I_PPIS1 've_VH0 tried_VVN to_TO evoke_VVI since_CS the_AT beginning_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 year_NNT1 ._. 
In_II some_DD senses_NN2 ,_, women_NN2 of_IO her_PPHO1 20-something_PN1 generation_NN1 have_VH0 benefited_VVN from_II the_AT revolution_NN1 ;_; I_PPIS1 told_VVD you_PPY to_TO forget_VVI simplicity_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 took_VVD an_AT1 ayatollah_NN1 to_TO tell_VVI traditional_JJ families_NN2 to_TO educate_VVI their_APPGE daughters_NN2 ._. 
Today_RT 60_MC percent_NNU of_IO university_NN1 students_NN2 are_VBR women_NN2 ,_, about_II double_NN1 the_AT figure_NN1 in_II 1982_MC ._. 
Here_RL we_PPIS2 stand_VV0 close_RR to_II the_AT tragedy_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 election_NN1 ._. 
The_AT vote_NN1 offered_VVD an_AT1 opportunity_NN1 to_TO bridge_VVI the_AT gap_NN1 between_II a_AT1 fast-changing_JJ society_NN1 of_IO highly_RR educated_JJ women_NN2 and_CC the_AT regime_NN1 ._. 
Past_JJ elections_NN2 have_VH0 served_VVN that_DD1 purpose_NN1 ,_, nudging_VVG the_AT clerical_JJ establishment_NN1 in_II reformist_JJ directions_NN2 ._. 
Instead_RR ,_, hard-liners_NN2 around_II President_NNB Mahmoud_NP1 Ahmadinejad_NP1 opted_VVD for_IF schism_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 historic_JJ error_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Iran_NP1 of_IO yesterday_RT is_VBZ gone_VVN ,_, the_AT Iran_NP1 of_IO tomorrow_RT not_XX yet_RR born_VVN ._. 
Women_NN2 are_VBR angry_JJ with_IW the_AT state_NN1 ,_, of_RR21 course_RR22 ._. 
But_CCB they_PPHS2 are_VBR also_RR angry_JJ with_IW the_AT passive_JJ way_NN1 men_NN2 have_VH0 accepted_VVN discrimination_NN1 ._. 
Be_VB0 strong_JJ !_! 
Fight_VV0 harder_RRR !_! 
These_DD2 are_VBR immediate_JJ messages_NN2 summoned_VVN from_II old_JJ frustrations_NN2 ._. 
Their_APPGE courage_NN1 and_CC pain_NN1 haunt_VV0 me_PPIO1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 need_VV0 Delacroix_VV0 to_TO paint_VVI them_PPHO2 ._. 
We_PPIS2 need_VV0 President_NNB Obama_NP1 to_TO put_VVI engagement_NN1 --_NN1 still_RR the_AT right_JJ medium-term_JJ objective_JJ --_NN1 on_II hold_NN1 in_II their_APPGE name_NN1 ._. 
Islam_NN1 has_VHZ a_RR21 lot_RR22 to_TO say_VVI about_II the_AT rights_NN2 of_IO women_NN2 ;_; the_AT mullahs_NN2 of_IO Qom_NP1 have_VH0 lots_PN of_IO training_NN1 in_II how_RRQ to_TO say_VVI the_AT opposite_NN1 of_IO what_DDQ they_PPHS2 said_VVD before_RT ._. 
The_AT revolution_NN1 might_VM have_VHI bent_VVN toward_II the_AT women_NN2 it_PPH1 fashioned_VVD ._. 
But_CCB it_PPH1 has_VHZ stiffened_VVN against_II what_DDQ it_PPH1 birthed_VVD ,_, never_RR wise_JJ ._. 
I_PPIS1 asked_VVD one_MC1 woman_NN1 about_II her_APPGE fears_NN2 ._. 
She_PPHS1 said_VVD sometimes_RT she_PPHS1 imagines_VVZ an_AT1 earthquake_NN1 in_II Tehran_NP1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 dashes_NN2 out_RP but_CCB forgets_VVZ her_APPGE hijab_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 stands_VVZ in_II the_AT ruins_NN2 ,_, hair_NN1 loose_NN1 and_CC paralyzed_VVD ,_, awaiting_VVG her_APPGE punishment_NN1 ._. 
And_CC she_PPHS1 looked_VVD at_II me_PPIO1 wide-eyed_JJ as_CS21 if_CS22 to_TO say_VVI :_: do_VD0 you_PPY understand_VVI ,_, does_VDZ the_AT world_NN1 understand_VVI our_APPGE desperation_NN1 ?_? 
We_PPIS2 learn_VV0 of_IO the_AT single_JJ foe_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 grenade_NN1 launcher_NN1 who_PNQS took_VVD on_RP Israelis_NN2 in_II an_AT1 orchard_NN1 ,_, and_CC turned_VVD out_RP to_TO be_VBI a_AT1 kid_NN1 ;_; of_IO the_AT soldier_NN1 who_PNQS doused_VVD himself_PPX1 in_II patchouli_NN2 ,_, so_CS21 that_CS22 his_APPGE fellows_NN2 could_VM trace_VVI him_PPHO1 in_II the_AT dark_NN1 ;_; and_CC of_IO another_DD1 ,_, Ori_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS kept_VVD the_AT worst_JJT violence_NN1 at_II bay_NN1 by_II telling_VVG himself_PPX1 that_CST he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ simply_RR watching_VVG a_AT1 movie_NN1 ._. 
