An Iranian woman has been barred from office – apparently because religious conservatives deemed her “too attractive”.
Nina Siahkali Moradi took more than 100,000 votes in Qazvin city’s council elections, finishing 14th out of 163 candidates and winning a seat, The Times reports.
But despite her victory, it seems the 27-year-old was effectively disqualified because she was regarded too good-looking to take up the post.
“We don’t want a catwalk model on the council,” one senior official in Qazvin is quoted as saying.
Moradi, who studies architecture, calligraphy and martial arts at Qazvin’s Azad University, was told shortly after her election as an alternate member of the Council, that she had been disqualified.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran writes on its Facebook page: “According to reports, the reason for her disqualification has been stated as ‘non-observance of Islamic codes’. It is said that her election campaign posters are the basis of her disqualification’.”
(NB: It is worth noting Moradi’s election campaign posters feature her in a hijab, with no strands of hair visible.)
The behaviour and clothing of Moradi’s supporters is also believed to have raised ire among her opponents, of whom which are mostly older conservative men, Iran Wire points out.
It adds:
"Those who opposed Moradi's candidacy say that she was only elected because of her beauty and youth. The review board, comprised of elder conservatives, had objected to her election posters and materials, and used this as a pretext to stop her from joining the council."“Almost 10,000 people voted for me and based on that I should be the first alternate member of the City Council,” Moradi told local media.
It comes as new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani nominated a woman as vice president in his new cabinet.
If lawmakers approve the nomination, Elham Aminzadeh will serve as Vice President for Legal Affairs, Fars News Agency reported on Monday.
Fingers crossed.
HuffingtonPost Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
Useless men! D girl is a "turn-on" for them n they r afraid she ll disttact them in their work.
ReplyDeleteHypo...... Is what is killing my "glorious" Islamiya.
ReplyDeleteKasganya man ki ya ja miki yanka.
ReplyDeletePervarts!!! what do you expect when your rightheousness is only on the outside and not inside also. Hypocrates!!!
ReplyDeleteMen who cannot control their Libido's
ReplyDeleteYou can imagine how those idiots reasons,they are capable of controlling thier libido and lust yet there is rampant cases of rape,fornication,aldultery with-in their neighborhood and very common with their stupid so-called respected men of gods. Some months ago it was catholic rev,fathers having carnal knowledge of themself in the vatican and pregnating some inocent under-age girls, few weeks ago it was rev,father having sex with a harlot in a cemetery in italy and a case of a pastor in the state that has been sleeping with his two useless daugthers for the past 17yrs and got them pregnat and back here in nigeria it is just a daily news you will hear pastor adebayo pregnate his church member,rev ibikunle caught having it with his brothers wife, man of god opara pregnate his mother,rev bitrus was stabbed having sex with his neighbors wife. I‘m sure not long from now you will hear of pastor el-matosky having carnal knowledge of his father, and all these attrocities is noting to write about to the idiots. What a useless and lousy generation that never see fault in their own wrong doing, rather busy condeming and crictising others in their affairs and mistakes.
ReplyDeletePlease tell these idiots!!! my brother Tarauni. Recently too, a pastor "raped" a married woman he deceived to go to the church and take "spritual bath". Spritual bath my foot! lousy hypocrites.
ReplyDeleteWhat is too beautiful in her. This is rubbish.
ReplyDelete