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Monday, August 19, 2013

Iran ( Woman disqualified for being to " Pretty " in Iran Election ) What ??

Sunday, 18 August 2013   
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Good looks do not always open doors: the female winner of city elections in the Iranian city of Qazvin was disqualified after the council's leader proclaimed "We don't want catwalk models here".




Mohabat News -  Nina Siahkali Moradi came 14th out of 163 candidates in the election, which should have granted her a stand-by seat on the city council. Election officials overturned her appointment on the grounds that the 27-year-old was "not observing Islamic codes". In her campaign material, Siahkali wears the statutory hijab: only her face is visible.
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Nina Siahkali Moradi's campaign car window sticker
Siahkali, who campaigned under the banner 'A Younger Mind for the Future of Youth', learnt of her disqualification a week after the elections took place on June 14, the same day as Iran's presidential elections. Candidates are allowed to run only if they pass a multitude of detailed background checks by the judiciary, intelligence ministry, police and National Organisation for Civil Registration. It is unusual for candidates to be disqualified after elections; 'unsuitable' candidates do not normally make it through the initial background checks.
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According to her website, Siahkali studied architecture, is trained in Kung Fu and is a member of Qazvin's Calligraphy Council. France 24 attempted to interview Siahkali, her campaign team and the election monitoring commission. No one, however, was available for an interview.
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Letter from Qazvin's Religious Council condemning all the female candidates in the city council elections

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