Iranian women discouraged from running for president

TEHRAN, Iran W— A member of Iran’s constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14 election. Even before the comments by Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, chances for a woman candidate in Iran’s presidential [...] Iranian women discouraged from running for president | www.limit.ws