Cenk Uygur
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Iranian Politician 'Too Pretty' For Office?
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August 16, 2013
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August 16, 2013
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5:32Now Playing"Iranian politician Nina Siakhali Moradi epitomized the promise of more civil rights for the country's women when she won her bid as an alternate to the Qazvin City Council earlier this summer. But now she's had her election overturned by religious conservatives, who have basically barred her from office for being too hot. "*
Nina Siakhali Moradi got enough votes in her election to win her a city council seat in Qazvin, Iran but she's being disqualified...for being "too attractive." Did she really do anything that could be considered "vulgar" or against Islamic norms? Is she paying the price for the government officials' religious repression? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss.
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