Women can not contest Iran’s June 14 presidential election, a member of the Islamic state’s electoral watchdog said in media reports yesterday, dashing the hopes of some 30 female candidates.
“The law prohibits women from being president,” said hard-line cleric and former judiciary chief Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, quoted by the Mehr news agency. Yazdi is a prominent member of Iran’s Guardians Council, an unelected watchdog controlled by religious conservatives and appointed by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that is tasked mainly with vetting candidates.
We invite our users to read the complete article published May 18 2013
Women can not contest Iran’s June 14 presidential election, a member of the Islamic state’s electoral watchdog said in media reports yesterday, dashing the hopes of some 30 female candidates.
“The law prohibits women from being president,” said hard-line cleric and former judiciary chief Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, quoted by the Mehr news agency. Yazdi is a prominent member of Iran’s Guardians Council, an unelected watchdog controlled by religious conservatives and appointed by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that is tasked mainly with vetting candidates.
We invite our users to read the complete article published May 18 2013