The Seven Wonders of the Muslim World
Iran
Iranian women pass a shop selling wedding dresses in Tehran during election week in March 2008. As expected, Conservative candidates kept control of parliament after some 40% of those who had applied to stand were disqualified by Iran's Guardian Council – an unelected body of clerics and jurists which vets election candidates. Meanwhile, people campaigning to end to legalised discrimination against women in Iran, continue to face harassment and arrest.
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