Former lawmaker and journalist Azam Taleghani is one of two women to have announced plans to run in Iran's presidential election in June.In the unlikely event Taleghani were to become president, she would encounter obstacles not often associated with a head of state.To attend state functions abroad, for example, she would need her husband's permission to leave the country.If she were to testify before a court, her testimony would be worth half that of a man, and she would still not have equal divorce orinheritance rights.This is because, despite her status as the holder of the country's highest office, Taleghani would still be a woman, making her subject to the same forms of legal discrimination faced by all women in the Islamic republic.
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Former lawmaker and journalist Azam Taleghani is one of two women to have announced plans to run in Iran's presidential election in June.In the unlikely event Taleghani were to become president, she would encounter obstacles not often associated with a head of state.To attend state functions abroad, for example, she would need her husband's permission to leave the country.If she were to testify before a court, her testimony would be worth half that of a man, and she would still not have equal divorce orinheritance rights.This is because, despite her status as the holder of the country's highest office, Taleghani would still be a woman, making her subject to the same forms of legal discrimination faced by all women in the Islamic republic.
To read the full article, please visit the Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty website.