The United Nations just elected Iran to the Commission on the Status of women.
Why am I not surprised?
Here are just a few reasons why this is pure insanity.
Although par for the course for the UN.
"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes," said the respected cleric, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi.
Suntanned women are defying Islamic values and will be arrested, an Iranian police chief said, according to The Telegraph.
Under Iranian law, women must be covered from head to toe.
Article 49 (Iranian penal code)exempts children from punishment. Addendum 1 to this article defines a child as someone before puberty. But in the civil law puberty for boys is 15 and for girls 9 lunar years (article 1210, addendum 1). So girls come of age for punishments six years before boys. This is particularly striking since in everything else such as inheritance, custody over children, marriage, divorce, ownership, travel, giving witness etc women are considered delicate creatures in need of protection by men. But when it comes to being punished, suddenly they are more mature and responsible for their actions. Less rights, more punishment. One can imagine a situation where a boy of 14 and a girl of 9 steal. According to the law she would lose four fingers of her right hand for first offence (article 201), her left foot for the second offence, prison for third and execution for the fourth! He would go scott free.
The husband is designated the head of the household by law.23 A woman is legally obliged to be obedient to her husband.24 A woman cannot leave the country without her husband’s approval.25 A man may take more than one wife.26 A man may prohibit his wife from employment.27 A man has undisputed and unequivocal rights to divorce his wife.28 In cases of divorce, the legal custody of the child is with the mother up to the age of seven, and thereafter is determined by the court.29 The management and supervision of the affairs of children below the age of 18 is by their father or paternal grandfather, and the mother has no legal say in the matter.30 Should the father pass away, the guardianship lies with the paternal grandfather, not with the mother.31 A daughter’s inheritance is only half that of a son’s.32 Departure from the country for children below the age of 18 is possible only with the approval of the father or the paternal grandfather—the mother has no legal say in the matter.33 Citizenship of the children is that of the child’s father.34 A Muslim man can marry a non-Muslim woman in Iran, and the children of such marriage are considered Muslim. But a non-Muslim man does not have the right to marry a Muslim woman unless he has converted to Islam before his marriage.
