By Tim Katoga
An Iranian woman, who was elected to a city council in Iran has been barred from office after she was deemed “too attractive” by the country’s religious conservatives. Nina Siahkali Moradi received over 100,000 votes in the city council elections in Qazvin, an Iranian city northwest of the capital Tehran.
Although she finished in the14th place out of the 163 candidates, who were running for election, she was deemed too good-looking to take up her seat, reports say. “We don’t want a catwalk model on the council,” one senior Qazvin official was quoted as saying.
It is believed Moradi’s disqualification was due to the picture of her used in her campaign posters was rather too beautiful compared to every other female running.
“Those who opposed Moradi’s candidacy say that she was only elected because of her beauty and youth. The review board, comprised of elder conservatives, had objected to her election posters and materials,” the Iran Wire news claimed.
“Almost 10,000 people voted for me and based on that I should be the first alternate member of the City Council,” 27-year-old Moradi, who is studying architecture at Qazvin’s Azad University, told the Iranian media. Nina Moradi is still appealing to be accepted for her seat on the council.
