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Female MPs in Iran sue over ‘no place for donkeys’ slur
Source: Agence France-Presse
Female MPs in Iran sue over ‘no place for donkeys’ slur
AFP in Tehran
Thursday 10 March 2016 17.11 GMT
Female deputies in Iran are suing a conservative male colleague after he declared in a video that parliament was no place for “donkeys and women”.
Nader Ghazipour’s comments during an election campaign meeting last month have gone viral on social media. “Parliament is not a place for foxes, donkeys and women,” he said before a cheering crowd.
If women are elected, male colleagues “might do things to them and disgrace you”, he said. Ghazipour was elected last month in Orumiyeh, a Turkish-speaking province.
A leading female deputy, Fatemeh Rahbar, told the state news agency IRNA that female MPs – along with a number of men – have filed complaints with Iran’s prosecutor general, parliament’s supervision committee and the house speaker, Ali Larijani.
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AFP in Tehran
Thursday 10 March 2016 17.11 GMT
Female deputies in Iran are suing a conservative male colleague after he declared in a video that parliament was no place for “donkeys and women”.
Nader Ghazipour’s comments during an election campaign meeting last month have gone viral on social media. “Parliament is not a place for foxes, donkeys and women,” he said before a cheering crowd.
If women are elected, male colleagues “might do things to them and disgrace you”, he said. Ghazipour was elected last month in Orumiyeh, a Turkish-speaking province.
A leading female deputy, Fatemeh Rahbar, told the state news agency IRNA that female MPs – along with a number of men – have filed complaints with Iran’s prosecutor general, parliament’s supervision committee and the house speaker, Ali Larijani.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/10/iran-female-mps-file-complaints-nader-ghazipour-donkeys-slur