However, she knew if she caved to their demands, then they would have won, which was a situation that she could not tolerate.
When none of these tactics forced the author to stop speaking out about the injustices in Iran, the leaders went one step further and set her husband up in a sting operation, which almost caused her to back down. They also increased their persecution of Ebadi's co-workers and other lawyers who also sought to rectify the inequalities so readily evident under the extremist leaders. After years of horrifying harassment, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government stepped up its efforts and detained Ebadi's daughter. She was thrown into jail, her phones were bugged, and she was shadowed and watched by government officials despite their efforts, she continued to defend those who came to her in need. With honesty and zeal, the author details how the Iranian government has used all manner of tactics to stop her from defending her clients.
For this work, she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 (the first Muslim woman to do so), but she also came under far more serious scrutiny by the extremist rulers in Iran. Stripped of her judgeship and demoted to clerk by the Iranian government in 1980, Ebadi ( The Golden Cage: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny, 2011, etc.) began taking on pro bono cases in the 1990s, defending the rights of children and women in Iran. A leading activist speaks out about inequality and injustices in Iran.
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