President Rouhani: Iran Respects Women’s Social Rights

"Women should enjoy equal opportunities, immunity and social rights; we have a long way to go on this path before we reach the destination," President Rouhani said, addressing a ceremony to commemorate the National Women's (Mothers') Day in Tehran on Sunday.
He referred to the government's measures to pave the ground for women's scientific progress, their employment and opportunity for studying at higher levels, and said the Iranian women are now present on various cultural and economic scenes.
Rouhani also described expansion of electronic marketing as a good ground for creating better working conditions for women.
In relevant remarks on the occasion of the National Women's Day on Saturday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lambasted the western countries for their materialistic view and instrumental use of women, describing the West's wrong view about woman as the root cause of various problems in the contemporary world.
"The business-centered view about women's capacities in economic issues, including job, and the humiliating view about women and degrading them to an instrument to mollify men's passion is one of the principles which has made the western thoughts about women completely cruel and fanatic," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing a large number of female visitors in Tehran.
"If we want to have a sound, logical, precise and helpful view about the issue of women, we should distance from the western thoughts in issues like job and sexual equality," he added.

"Women should enjoy equal opportunities, immunity and social rights; we have a long way to go on this path before we reach the destination," President Rouhani said, addressing a ceremony to commemorate the National Women's (Mothers') Day in Tehran on Sunday. He referred to the government's measures to pave the ground for women's scientific progress, their employment and opportunity for studying at higher levels, and said the Iranian women are now present on various cultural and economic scenes. Rouhani also described expansion of electronic marketing as a good ground for creating better working conditions for women. In relevant remarks on the occasion of the National Women's Day on Saturday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lambasted the western countries for their materialistic view and instrumental use of women, describing the West's wrong view about woman as the root cause of various problems in the contemporary world. "The business-centered view about women's capacities in economic issues, including job, and the humiliating view about women and degrading them to an instrument to mollify men's passion is one of the principles which has made the western thoughts about women completely cruel and fanatic," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing a large number of female visitors in Tehran. "If we want to have a sound, logical, precise and helpful view about the issue of women, we should distance from the western thoughts in issues like job and sexual equality," he added.