Wow. It amazes me that my fellow "Iran lovers" have forgotten about the fact that in order to be the president of Iran you have to be a "MUSLIM MALE."
- By: Kamyar on December 16, 2003

Wow. It amazes me that my fellow "Iran lovers" have forgotten about the fact that in order to be the president of Iran you have to be a "MUSLIM MALE."
- By: Kamyar on December 16, 2003

I really appreciate your idea as very useful vis-a-vis of promoting of a pluralistic political culture.
- By: Florin Mirghesiu on December 16, 2003

Shirin Ebadi's great strength is that she is not a member of the political establishment. By remaining independent she is much more of a force to be reckoned with. Her decision to act for the family of the murdered Canadian/Iranian journalist Zahra Kazemi is a brave one and will undoubtedly attract the attention of the world's media. A particularly good article appears in the January issue of the English Language magazine The Middle East. As long as the international media keps Ms Ebadi in its sights she is comparatively safe. PL London
- By: PL on December 5, 2003

The question is not "will she win or not".. the problem is.. "would THEY let her do ANYTHING after she wins or will she become another khatami?!".. but her triumph would still be a great opportunity to show how supportive Iranians are of bringing peace, equality, and "partial freedom" to Iran's current regime (that sounds impossible .. doesn't it?!..)
- By: Mehran on November 5, 2003

hey honey congratulation i want u to be the president yeah u can but im sure they dont let u they a piece of shit ..... imsorry but they are honey i love u u have been in a lot of problems but now u r SHRIN EBADI
- By: sanaz on October 29, 2003

it is graet she will win go ebadi
- By: nadeem yazdani joon on October 26, 2003

I'd like to turn around, and look at the Persian language as a demonstration of social equality in a culture. It is a good thing that we don't distinguish sexes in our language. Persian, as a very rich language that had been developed during 2500 years, has more capabilities than Arabic. Writing the constitution with Arabic words such as "REJAL" in such an important matter is a very unprofessional act. I believe Iranians can deal with having a female president at the moment, and a female will be able to deal with issues that men hadn't been able to fix in the last 23 years. ( eg. hejab )
- By: Mohsen on October 19, 2003

Mohsen.. It is an irony issue in Iran... we the constitution is insisting only politicl "Rejal" can run for presidency... the word "Rejal" is plural form for a Man in Arabic... but this word in persina has adopted another meaning.. which can be translated as "Members" or " people who are running an affair"... so its a mess.. and need interpretation.. hardliners which believe in foundamental islamic state.. willingly read "rejals" as men... on the other hand.. so called reformists translate it as "people"... One issue that is important for Iranian people is that they need to refine their language first... inconsistancy in meaning is absolutly an issue... Persian languege is nuetral and there is no femenine or musculine verbs, adjectives or adverbs...The constiution should be written not with Arabic words nor with pure persian words back to 2500 years ago.. It must be written in the present and current language that people use...I presonally support a female president but I do not believe that Iranian culture is read to accept that...
- By: Highlander on October 18, 2003

is it possible for women in iran to run for presediency? I always thought that its not. If you know the answer please reply below, i'd like to know when i check back. thanks
- By: mohsen on October 18, 2003

You must be kidding?!! Don't be so exited!
- By: Shahrokh on October 16, 2003

I got rude enough to write a reply (of sort) to this. You can read it here: http://www.eyeranian.net/2003/10/15,427.shtml
- By: Pedram (the eyeranian) on October 16, 2003

The Nobel committee just signed Ebadi's death warrant. Ken....
- By: Ken.... on October 15, 2003

Democracy works on a system not a person. It should be in the blood of people to think and act rationally and democratically. Now she is a leader of democracy and human rights in Iran, but it does not necessarly means that she is a good political Leader... Besides she does not have any political experience in a country that every move you make can be "For" or "Against" individuals or groups.. Though Iranian people have taken huge steps to deep deomocracy in their society, there are still some indiviuals which are waiting to find the chance to push back the movement of democracization started in 1905. Just 7 years ago, before President Khatamei steps in to his office and He promised a lot but he achieved a little, he has become so weak that now he is afraid of joining the crowed to congrajulate the Noble Prize winner Ms. Ebadi. At that time (1997) Iranian people gave Khatami a hero welcome as they did it for Ms. Ebadi tonight. As for Mr. Khatami lack of knowlage of Mass-Management and un-studied and crude promises dropped his 70% popularity. Once again, What Iran needs is constitutional democracy. You can not compare Iran with Czech Republic where Vatslav Havel ran for presidency. He took over a place where democacy were concreted. In Iran, It is impossible. and You dont want to see the same disaster of unpopularity and uselessness happens to her because of lack of skills, as it did happend to President Khatami. By the way, I want to congrajulate our people again over this victory of democracy and I am sure soon we will see a successful population of democracte and skillful indiviudals take over the country. Like the things which happened in Germany and Japan after WWII. All ingredients are already there... it just need to be cooked!
- By: Highlander on October 14, 2003