Skip to main content

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

World News

Iran: Women Call For Gender Equality Ahead Of Iran's Presidential Vote

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Women Call For Gender Equality Ahead Of Iran's Presidential Vote

Source:

Former lawmaker and journalist Azam Taleghani is one of two women to have announced plans to run in Iran's presidential election in June.In the unlikely event Taleghani were to become president, she would encounter obstacles not often associated with a head of state.To attend state functions abroad, for example, she would need her husband's permission to leave the country.If she were to testify before a court, her testimony would be worth half that of a man, and she would still not have equal divorce orinheritance rights.This is because, despite her status as the holder of the country's hig

Former lawmaker and journalist Azam Taleghani is one of two women to have announced plans to run in Iran's presidential election in June.In the unlikely event Taleghani were to become president, she would encounter obstacles not often associated with a head of state.To attend state functions abroad, for example, she would need her husband's permission to leave the country.If she were to testify before a court, her testimony would be worth half that of a man, and she would still not have equal divorce orinheritance rights.This is because, despite her status as the holder of the country's hig

World News

Iran: Iranian Women Call for Gender Equality

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Iranian Women Call for Gender Equality

Source:

Former lawmaker and journalist Azam Taleghani is one of two women to have announced plans to run in Iran's presidential election in June.In the unlikely event Taleghani were to become president, she would encounter obstacles not often associated with a head of state.
To read the full article please visit the Straight Goods website.

Former lawmaker and journalist Azam Taleghani is one of two women to have announced plans to run in Iran's presidential election in June.In the unlikely event Taleghani were to become president, she would encounter obstacles not often associated with a head of state.
To read the full article please visit the Straight Goods website.

World News

Iran: Iran's First First Lady?

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Iran's First First Lady?

Source:

Mir Hossein Mousavi, the centrist candidate in Iran's June presidential elections, may be an old hand in politics but he certainly has a modern style for campaigning, at least in one sense. Mousavi, who was the prime minister during the Iran-Iraq war and for most of the 1980s, has surprised everyone by appearing in all his campaign trips with his wife. He has also openly called for talks with the US, and as such he seems keen to present a new, non-clerical image.

Mir Hossein Mousavi, the centrist candidate in Iran's June presidential elections, may be an old hand in politics but he certainly has a modern style for campaigning, at least in one sense. Mousavi, who was the prime minister during the Iran-Iraq war and for most of the 1980s, has surprised everyone by appearing in all his campaign trips with his wife. He has also openly called for talks with the US, and as such he seems keen to present a new, non-clerical image.

World News

Iran: Iranian Presidential Candidates Vow to Bring Change

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Iranian Presidential Candidates Vow to Bring Change

Source:

The only two reformist challengers to hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in upcoming elections vowed Saturday to bring change to Iran and restore the country's dignity.
To read the full article, please visit the Fox News website.

The only two reformist challengers to hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in upcoming elections vowed Saturday to bring change to Iran and restore the country's dignity.
To read the full article, please visit the Fox News website.

World News

Iran: Iran Candidates Sign Up for Presidential Race

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Iran Candidates Sign Up for Presidential Race

Source:


The two prominent conservative candidates -- the incumbent president and a former Revolutionary Guards chief -- formally registered their candidacy on Friday for the June 12 Iranian presidential election.
To read the full article, please visit the People’s Daily Online website.


The two prominent conservative candidates -- the incumbent president and a former Revolutionary Guards chief -- formally registered their candidacy on Friday for the June 12 Iranian presidential election.
To read the full article, please visit the People’s Daily Online website.

World News

Iran: Iranian Presidential Contenders Court Women Voters

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Iranian Presidential Contenders Court Women Voters

Source:


For the first time in Iran's 30-year history of presidential elections, candidates are going all out to win over female voters, making a flurry of last-minute appeals before Friday's balloting. Today's campaigns are a departure from the past, when candidates spoke of women voters in general terms, mostly centered on their respect for a mother's role in society or through economic assistance to widows.


For the first time in Iran's 30-year history of presidential elections, candidates are going all out to win over female voters, making a flurry of last-minute appeals before Friday's balloting. Today's campaigns are a departure from the past, when candidates spoke of women voters in general terms, mostly centered on their respect for a mother's role in society or through economic assistance to widows.

World News

Iran: Iranian President appoints three women to cabinet

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Iranian President appoints three women to cabinet

Source:

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has moved to soften his hardline image by nominating three women to his cabinet following June's disputed election.As a trial began of 25 more activists and opposition supporters, Mr Ahmadinejad named MP Fatemeh Ajorlou as Social Welfare Minister and Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi as Health Minister. A third woman is to be named later.
For more informations, please visit theage.com

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has moved to soften his hardline image by nominating three women to his cabinet following June's disputed election.As a trial began of 25 more activists and opposition supporters, Mr Ahmadinejad named MP Fatemeh Ajorlou as Social Welfare Minister and Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi as Health Minister. A third woman is to be named later.
For more informations, please visit theage.com

World News

Iran: Iran's parliament begins cabinet debates

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Iran's parliament begins cabinet debates

Source:

Regarding the three female nominees, he said that "their presence would boost the confidence of Iranian women" and vowed to provide grounds for more active participation of women in politics and other social arenas.According to Press TV, Ahmadinejad on Friday urges lawmakers to pass their judgment based on a general trust in the nominees.
To read the complete article please visit China View website.

Regarding the three female nominees, he said that "their presence would boost the confidence of Iranian women" and vowed to provide grounds for more active participation of women in politics and other social arenas.According to Press TV, Ahmadinejad on Friday urges lawmakers to pass their judgment based on a general trust in the nominees.
To read the complete article please visit China View website.

World News

Iran: Male Clerics Call for Justice While Female Parliamentarians Oppose Discriminatory Laws Against Women

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Iran: Male Clerics Call for Justice While Female Parliamentarians Oppose Discriminatory Laws Against Women

Source:

Iranian women have been expressing their opposition to discriminatory laws and calling for equality and justice. Through campaigns such as the One Million Signatures Campaign, they have approached Iran's judiciary officials and legislature to ask for the revision and reform of current discriminatory laws against women.

Iranian women have been expressing their opposition to discriminatory laws and calling for equality and justice. Through campaigns such as the One Million Signatures Campaign, they have approached Iran's judiciary officials and legislature to ask for the revision and reform of current discriminatory laws against women.