This study examines the relationship between the Islamic State of Iran and women during 1979-1989. It was during this period that various principles and organs of Islamic State in Iran were institutionalised under the supervision of late Imam Khomeini, the founder of Islamic Republic of Iran. It explores how the gender issue had been framed, approached and discussed in the context ofstate-building in the post-revolutionary Iran. It examines the impact of state policies on women and their response to these policies.