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The Iranian Elections |
12 Jun 2009 |
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 Women and the Iranian Elections
Today millions of Iranians go to the polls in an election which has been described as the most important since the Islamic Revolution 30 years ago. The campaign has been electrified by the presence of one of the leading candidate’s wives. Dr Zahra Rahnavard has been seen alongside her husband, the reformer Mir-Hossein Mousavi. They’ve even been spotted holding hands - a big deal in Iran. She’s verbally laid into the sitting President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, accusing him of lying, humiliating women, debasing his office and betraying the principles of the revolution. Jenni is joined by Christine Toomey, Journalist with the Sunday Times who has just returned from Iran having spoken to a number of women there & Baroness Haleh Afshar Professor of Politics at York University, who was born in Iran. They will be discussing the extent of her influence, and the growing frustration of Iranian women with the present government, in a country where over 60 per cent of University students are female.
BBC News: Middle East
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