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Iran’s first female minister |
07 Sept 2009 |
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An important step for women in the Islamic Republic
The first Iranian female cabinet minister has just been appointed since the foundation of the Islamic Republic thirty years ago. The new Health Minister, Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi was one of eighteen nominations for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s new cabinet to be approved - two other women were rejected. Marzieh says her selection as health minister is an 'important step' for Iranian women. To discuss her appointment and what it means for women in Iran, Jane is joined by Kasra Naji special correspondent for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Persian Television and Ziba Mir-Hosseini the Iranian anthropologist and Researcher at the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, at SOAS, University of London. |
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