[tvdog12345]

So is the moral of the story that women in Iran were better off before Islam?

Yes, I think so. There was an earlier post on FR where a female Saudi scholar showed that Arab women were better off before Islam as well.

[hellbender]

Arab women were better off before Islam as well.

Everyone was better off before Islam. Do you think polygamy is good for the average man? (Multiple wives for the big shots mean some guys get nothing.) Child abuse is also common in the patriarchal Muzzie culture.

[Ptarmigan]

I believe Arabs had a thriving Christian and Jewish population before Islam. I know most Arabs that time were Pagans.