Maryam Rajavi and the Equal Participation of Women in the Iranian Resistance

In an earlier piece, we covered how the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and its president-elect Maryam Rajavi would improve the lives of Iranian women in 10 key areas ranging from employment to marriage to the legal system.

This piece will cover women’s participation in the political system in more detail.

In our earlier piece, we wrote that Maryam Rajavi believes that women should have equal rights to participate in the country's political leadership, including the formulation and implementation of government policy, the holding of public office, and the ability to perform all public functions at all levels of government.

What we want to know now is why Maryam Rajavi thinks that this is important for women’s rights?

Simply put, Maryam Rajavi believes that women are just as capable as men in every way, so there is no reason why they should not serve in the political sector, especially as they so often do much of the work in political movements without 

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