When Are Women's Rights Ever The Priority? I continue to hear people argue that women's rights, executions of political prisoners, and the repression taking place inside Iran should somehow become less important because Iran is under attack. I also can't help noticing that whenever there is a bigger geopolitical crisis, women's rights are among the first things to disappear from the conversation. Otherwise, we are no longer standing for universal human rights. Aida Tavassoli is a Women’s Rights Activist© Scoop Media