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Iran's Rohani Didn't Beat a Single Female Rival

Thursday, June 20, 2013

That's because he didn't face any. In this interview, Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi explains how Iranian women keep registering as presidential candidates to protest the Guardian Council's decision to disqualify women for not meeting its definition of "rejal."

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