Iranian Cleric: Women can’t Be President in Iran
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a member of Iran’s constitutional watchdog group, says women can not be presidential candidates in Iran’s presidential election, scheduled for June 14.
The Election Monitoring Agency (EMA) which is managed by the Guardian Council, controls the credentials of the registered candidates.
The Guardian Council where Yazdi is a member, appears to follow interpretations of the constitution that suggest only a man may hold Iran’s highest elected office.
About 30 women candidates were seeking to run in the upcoming election, largely as a symbolic gesture.
The group claims Iran’s constitution uses a word denoting only a male president.
Women, however, have been elected lawmakers and serve in the parliament.
The final list containing only men, was announced on May 21, after 686 people have registered to replace President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The President of Iran is the highest Iranian official to be elected by popular vote, he is the chief executive, the second most important position in Iranian Government after the “Leader of the Revolution” or the Supreme Leader. President answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country’s head of state.
The Supreme Leader of Iran, only man, is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Supreme Leader is elected by the Assembly of Experts in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists.
The Assembly of Experts is a group of Islamic scholars who are elected from lists of candidates by direct public vote for eight-year terms. The experts are charged with electing and removing the Supreme Leader of Iran and supervising his activities. Again, they can only be men. No women clerics or experts are allowed.
The list of the current candidates:
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DISLIKE him & his cronies very much!
Who’s surprised?
His kind has to extinct for any meaningful civilization to happen in the region…
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