Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2013), para. 13
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(h) Pervasive gender inequality and violence against women, a continued crackdown on women’s human rights defenders, arrests, violent repression and sentencing of women exercising their right to peaceful assembly, and increased discrimination against women and girls in law and in practice, including by limiting access to higher education, including the closure of 77 fields of study to women by 36 universities;