Al Jazeera News :
During an international volleyball tournament in Iran in 2014, Fatemeh Alia, a member of the country’s current parliament, caused an uproar when she supported banning women from watching the games live, saying that a woman’s primary duty was to “stay at home” to serve her husband and children.
As results of Iran’s first round of parliamentary
election emerged, it appeared the conservative MP’s words had come back to haunt her, as she was voted out of office. In contrast, eight female reformists prevailed, all coming from the same Tehran district as Alia – one of them is a 30-year-old MBA graduate, Fatemeh Hosseini, who campaigned on an economic reform platform.
During an international volleyball tournament in Iran in 2014, Fatemeh Alia, a member of the country’s current parliament, caused an uproar when she supported banning women from watching the games live, saying that a woman’s primary duty was to “stay at home” to serve her husband and children.
As results of Iran’s first round of parliamentary
election emerged, it appeared the conservative MP’s words had come back to haunt her, as she was voted out of office. In contrast, eight female reformists prevailed, all coming from the same Tehran district as Alia – one of them is a 30-year-old MBA graduate, Fatemeh Hosseini, who campaigned on an economic reform platform.
