- Jun 22, 2004
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Iranian politician Nina Siakhali Moradi epitomized the promise of more civil rights for the countrys women when she won her bid as an alternate to the Qazvin City Council earlier this summer. But now shes had her election overturned by religious conservatives, who have basically barred her from office for being too hot.
We don't want a catwalk model on the council, balked an unnamed senior official in Qazvin, according to a report in the Times of London.
But the official reason, as explained to the news agency IranWire by Seyed Reza Hossaini, Qazvins representative in Parliament and a review board member, was, Her votes have been nullified due to her disqualification, as the review board did not approve her credentials. We have told her the reason why she has been disqualified.
Still, Irans judiciary and intelligence services had originally granted approval (as is the system) to Moradis candidacy in Qazvin, the ancient capital of the Persian empire, about 100 miles from Tehran. The 27-year-old architecture grad student ran under the slogan Young ideas for a young future and was committed to fighting for improved rights for both women and youth.
During her campaign, conservative groups complained about Moradis vulgar and anti-religious posters, the Times reported, adding that the reason given for her disqualification was that she wasnt observing the Islamic norms.
Moradis run was most likely approved in the first place because they probably didnt think she had any chance, a spokesperson from the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran told Yahoo! Shine. Then, when she gained momentum because of her popularity with young adults, receiving 10,000 votes, the officials were taken off-guard, leaning on the vague Islamic code of dignity as a way to ban her from office.
http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/iranian-politician-deemed-too-pretty-to-hold-office-181459345.html
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I agree. She's showing WAY too much forehead in those pics. Has she no shame? We can't have such sluts involved in politics.
We don't want a catwalk model on the council, balked an unnamed senior official in Qazvin, according to a report in the Times of London.
But the official reason, as explained to the news agency IranWire by Seyed Reza Hossaini, Qazvins representative in Parliament and a review board member, was, Her votes have been nullified due to her disqualification, as the review board did not approve her credentials. We have told her the reason why she has been disqualified.
Still, Irans judiciary and intelligence services had originally granted approval (as is the system) to Moradis candidacy in Qazvin, the ancient capital of the Persian empire, about 100 miles from Tehran. The 27-year-old architecture grad student ran under the slogan Young ideas for a young future and was committed to fighting for improved rights for both women and youth.
During her campaign, conservative groups complained about Moradis vulgar and anti-religious posters, the Times reported, adding that the reason given for her disqualification was that she wasnt observing the Islamic norms.
Moradis run was most likely approved in the first place because they probably didnt think she had any chance, a spokesperson from the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran told Yahoo! Shine. Then, when she gained momentum because of her popularity with young adults, receiving 10,000 votes, the officials were taken off-guard, leaning on the vague Islamic code of dignity as a way to ban her from office.
http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/iranian-politician-deemed-too-pretty-to-hold-office-181459345.html
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I agree. She's showing WAY too much forehead in those pics. Has she no shame? We can't have such sluts involved in politics.
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