Iranian Politician Deemed Too Pretty to Hold Office

 

 

Iranian politician Nina Siakhali Moradi epitomized the promise of more civil rights for the country’s women when she won her bid as an alternate to the Qazvin City Council earlier this summer. But now she’s had her election overturned by religious conservatives, who have basically barred her from office for being too hot. 

“We don't want a catwalk model on the council,” balked an unnamed senior official in Qazvin, according to a report in