– Maktoob: Women in top jobs invite God’s fury – Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpayghani
— Maktoob/AFP reports: “Golpayghani was reacting to remarks by interior minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar in the holy city of Qom last week, who when asked whether Iran would appoint women as governors of provinces, replied: ‘Yes. It is possible.'”
— “Golpayghani said the appointment of women in such top jobs was against sharia (Islamic) law.”
— ” ‘They come to Qom, the centre of Shiite Islam, and announce that they will appoint women as governors of some provinces. Do you want to fight with the Koran and the Prophet with such talks that go against sharia?’ he asked.”
— “In recent years Iranian women have outnumbered men in universities but they still account for only around 15 percent of the official work force.”
— “Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, women have been banned from becoming judges and suffer from legal inequalities with men in marriage, divorce and inheritance.”