The silence from so-called "progressives" on the subjugation of women and violence towards homosexuals in countries governed by religious law is inexcusable. Iran makes Atwood's dystopian Handmaid's Tale seem like a nice place to live - Rouhani has the shameless arrogance to ask Trump to apologize for his comments while Iranian regime thugs beat women with batons for wearing jeans with holes in the knees, failing to properly cover their hair, or practising zumba. Iranian women are forced to submit to the whims of Islamist thugs or face the iron fist of the Revolutionary Guard.