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Tuesday
Jun042013

Iran Special: Images Of Women Supporters In The Presidential Campaign

Over the past week, several of the eight Presidential candidates --- especially moderate candidate Hassan Rouhani --- have attempted to emphasize that they have female supporters or are reaching out to women voters in their campaigning. EA provides a brief look at some images from the past several days:

Fars News Agency general director Abbas Aslani tweeted a photograph of two women, one a Rouhani supporter and the other supporter of principlist candidate Saeed Jalili, and commented on the difference between them:

Rouhani amended his Twitter page to show photographs of women supporters, and made a special visit to speak to women from Quranic institutions in Tehran's Gholhak neighborhood:

Rouhani's Female Supporters Rouhani Supporters In Qolhak, Tehran

This Fars News photograph shows a woman at a Rouhani campaign rally in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran:

Women supporters have also been photographed at many of Jalili's campaign rallies and events.

In a campaign rally in Tehran on Monday, a female supporter asked Jalili to swear on a Quran that he would sacrifice his life for the Supreme Leader (Jalili replied that --- Inshallah --- he would.):

A large number of female students attended the rally, and held posters supporting Jalili:

Other images from the event showed two female supporters who had written slogans on their hands --- Progress and Resistance Is The Password (hat tip to the Wilson Center for the image).

The images below show female crowds at a previous campaign rally in Tehran, and holding up campaign posters for Jalili during a campaign speech:

Women At Campaign Rally Women Hold Images Of Jalili At Campaign Rally

During a campaign visit to the northwestern city of Zanjan, Presidential candidate Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf’s female supporters were photographed hold up a campaign sign saying, “Until we make progress, there won’t be justice.”

Qalibaf Supporters Hold Banners

Female supporters shown during a visit late Thursday night by Presidential candidate Mohammed Aref to Tehran's Seyed Al-Shohada Mosque. Aref has also been photographed talking to women during walkabouts on the streets of Tehran: Aref Supporters In Tehran Mosque Aref Talks To Woman In Tehran

(Hat tip to Hanif Kashani of The Wilson Center, who drew our attention to some of these photographs)

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