Despite promises made by Iran's new President, Hassan Rowhani, that women's civil rights will improve under his government, a city councilor has been barred from office for being "too sexy"

Nina Siakhali Moradi was prevented from taking up a post on the city council in Qazvin, the ancient capital of the Persian Empire, 100 miles north west of Tehran, after her election was overturned by religious conservatives.

Even with more than 10,000 votes in the June election, putting her 14th out of 163 candidates and winning her a council seat, the 27-year-old engineer and website designer had her political career cut short because she was deemed too attractive to take up the post.

"We don't want a catwalk model on the council," a senior official in Qazvin told local press.

Moradi ran under the slogan "Young ideas for a young future," pushing for better women's rights in Qazvin, the restoration of the old city and greater youth involvement in town planning.

She had been vetted and approved as a candidate by Iran's judiciary and intelligence services.

Her liberal views appeared popular with the electorate. Moradi's campaign posters showed her wearing strict hijab without a strand of hair on display.

Despite this, conservative religious groups launched protests to demand her disqualification as soon as her election was confirmed.

In a letter to the governor of Qazvin, a coalition of religious groups condemned the "vulgar and anti-religious" posters and said they breached Islamic law.

News website IranWire reported that there were other objections to her campaign. According to the website, her headquarters became a gathering place for local young people, whose behavior and clothing provoked criticism from her opponents, mostly older conservative men.

The complaint was challenged but ultimately upheld. She was disqualified for not "observing the Islamic norms."

Citing local media, IranWire reported that authorities had also confiscated the campaign posters of two other female candidates, Maryam Nakhostin-Ahmadi and Shahla Atefeh, and detained both for questioning.

President Rowhani is expected to bring a new era in women's rights. In a televised debate during his election campaign, he announced: "I will form a women's affairs ministry to return their trampled rights to them."

www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/14/iran-bans-catwalk-model-councilwoman-from-office-over-her-looks/

wow she is just so sweet for my liking.


going to the airport to book a flight to iran

I'm feeling happy jst see this woman face...sha am 2nd or 3rd to coment sha...juvenile deliquency....whr is ma ipat na??

Lol

I call it finishness

I don't give a crap about this news since it's coming from an Islam hating TV channel like Fox....they are tryin to make us forget the incident between their reporter and Reza Aslan.

Fkforyou: I don't give a crap about this news since it's coming from an Islam hating TV channel like Fox....they are tryin to make us forget the incident between their reporter and Reza Aslan.

Bro, it has nothing to do with the source, i can post several sources on this thraed, the news is genuine not false and has nothing 2 do with religion.

Really..?but anyway the woman is gorgeous,although am surprize she is 27...she looks 30 and above.

For an hour with her, I'm ready to convert to Islam.

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her dressing z ok

I think they should put a check on their erections, rather!

Where is the sexy.I was expecting to see picture of a lady who dresses sexy not in that black gown.she's pretty.sexy,far from it.

Would love to comment on something else,but that red words over my post box is annoying so I keep my comment for another day.

Wetin do her dressing na?
All these extremists sha!

She carry front
She carry back
She do package

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so dey nw need old hags abi mtchew. anyways she fit cum naturalise 4 naija,shez beautiful;nd frm her qualifications,too brainy 2 waste

Rubbish!

Nigeria need dis kind of sexy women in d government,such kind of women will boost our economy...Extending my kiss muah ("_")

Sorry to derail, bt I made a bet wit my guy dat I will get more dan 10 likes before 11: 45 tonite for my (non)comment.



Abeg mak una help me as I no fit use my hand like my post. Money is @ stake.


See as wahala dey turn to kasala! D guy no wan pay me, say I do rigging.... Clash of d Titans fit hapen dis nyt oo, afterall, "d kingdom(money) suffereth violence and d violent taketh it by fire by force"

Huh , dey nor want distctns ,strong things

Yeah, done wella, her lips are tempting

27 year old beauty and brain

So it take only ugly women to run govt in Iran. Yea ryt!

Islam,treating women as equals! Yeah right.

Follow me on Instagram, Black_chyld. Thanks. No be this kind story suppose take all our mb Abeg. Please I wan port from NDU to Babcock how possible is this?

Rubbish.....

Really sad

Haba, when has being séxy become an offence? All this Arabian country sef. No be Saudi ban some four guys one time say they are too attractive. These people never cease to amaze me.