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Zahra Rahnavard, the possible new first lady of Iran -- if today's election results favor her husband, ex-prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi's reformist Green Party over incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- has written 15 books, is an accomplished sculptor, was a highly placed political adviser to former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, and, by the way, runs a university.
PD toolbar!The outspoken spouse of the moderate opposition leader has become such an icon to 34 million Iranian women that the press in Tehran calls her the Iranian Michelle Obama. Last Sunday, Rahnavard, the first woman to actively campaign for her husband, broke all precedent in the bitter contest by holding a press conference to denounce her husband's hard-line, Holocaust-denying opponent, accusing Ahmadinejad of "lying, humiliating women, debasing his office and betraying the principles" of the 1979 revolution against the Shah. So many people turned out for today's election that polls stayed open for four extra hours.
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TEXAN
6:18PM Jun 12th 2009
Why would they want to insult her by calling her a Michelle Obama lookalike. Unless she is an angry woman who is not proud of her country, and is merely wanting to be confirmed by the world as personally valuable even though she is not white, she is NO Micky Obama! I would not wish that inference on ANYONE!!
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Muhamed
10:23PM Jun 13th 2009
we not care who 1st lady as long as she not have clitoris.
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(-2) chris2000ice
9:03PM Jun 14th 2009
TEXAN, you are an absolute disgrace, obviously your a conservative, dumb, narrow-minded, racist, Texan, this is all in your comment. I am morally upset from your comment. To think there are still people like you in the world really upsets me. All it does is show that you are so not humble and ignorant you put others down. What a shame you are like that. Considering I will guess you are Christian or a related religion to that group, you should understand you are displeasing God, and you are going against the bible. Everyone is the same, some people have different pigment levels. To think you can't comprehend that is repulsive and shows how dumb you are. Maybe you should go to Confession in your racist town, at your conservative church.
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(0) Larry Lubell
6:47PM Jun 12th 2009
What a change...
I would be nice to see a change in the leadership of Iran.
her assessment of Ahmadinejad as a Holocaust-denying evil opponent,is dead on correct.
I would be nice to see a change in the leadership of Iran.
her assessment of Ahmadinejad as a Holocaust-denying evil opponent,is dead on correct.
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(7) Karen
7:02PM Jun 12th 2009
it will be just like putin, different title still running things. or new pres. will be killed. michelle obama looks like she was hit in the face with a frying pan
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(-4) jan
12:38AM Jun 13th 2009
A gutsy lady. Here's hoping she and her husband prevail.
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(5) radloans2002
7:11AM Jun 13th 2009
Since I lived in iran during the revolution. I hope this country does get the new leadership it needs. All ages want the current president out. The only people that voted for the current leader are the uneducated and religious leaders getting paid off. You go get them !!!!. let the womaen of iran finally get some results from a long overdue regime!!!!!!!!!!!
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(6) marahnatha
2:51PM Jun 13th 2009
But the important thing is, does she have "nice arms" like Michelle? Is her husband tall and dark? Does he make electricity run up the leg of Iranian media? These are the important things to many Americans.
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(0) Truth
3:38PM Jun 13th 2009
Bonnie,
Going for the annual Vacuous Post of the Year award, again?
Going for the annual Vacuous Post of the Year award, again?
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(1) Willet
5:18PM Jun 13th 2009
A woman accusing a male of lying and humiliating women. Now here's some ground breaking commentary.....circa 1960.
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(-1) Bob S
5:55PM Jun 13th 2009
It would be great for Iran and all Muslims if Iran were to have a feminist First Lady. But why would anyone think of Michelle Obama as a feminist First Lady? She is the US First Lady, but, unfortunately, she's hasn't shown any sign of being feminist.
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(3) Richard
7:46PM Jun 13th 2009
There is no way a woman will be in any top position in Iran...Iran is a Theocracy is it not? Maybe I am ignorant of the Religeon...but woman seem always to be second class and have no rights that I have seen in most of the Muslim World There would be a religeous war if woman were given same rights as men....What do you think the chances are...for equality?
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(1) lubak3
9:50PM Jun 13th 2009
I heard there are more women than men in Iran, I hope they win! Maybe they will have a better chance at it than we did with Hillary(I think US women are actually very old fashioned!)
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(2) Muhamed
10:20PM Jun 13th 2009
we don care who 1st lady is as long as she not have clitoris.
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(-2) ADA
12:25AM Jun 14th 2009
instead of talking or gossip about other countries, we need to concentrate on this nation that is going down to the drains very fast......www.henrybook.com
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(0) richrokosz
1:40PM Jun 14th 2009
Only if she bend's over and has a beard.
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