Nasrin Soltankhan is an Iran

Iran

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ian politician

Politician

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 who presently holds positions in both the local and the executive branch of the Iranian government.

Cabinet position

Soltankhan was appointed to the Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian Cabinet on September 25, 2005 by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. To date, she is one of two women in the Iranian Cabinet along with Vice-President Fatemeh Javadi

Fatemeh Javadi

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. She's also president of Iran's National Elites Foundation

Iran's National Elites Foundation

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Center for Women and Family Affairs

Soltankhan's portfolio includes both the position as head of the Center for Women and Family Affairs (formerly called the Center for Women's Participation, or CWP) and also the position of advisor to the President on issues pertaining to women.

Soltankhan has mentioned three main points for women-related policies which the center will be focusing on. These are, “upholding human dignity of women regardless of their gender,“ “capitalizing on women’s potentials in managerial and decision-making arenas,“ and “emphasizing on women’s key role in families.“ Soltankhah has also stated that the center is engaged in directing women’s capabilities into different social and cultural fields as well as generating jobs for them.

Political affiliation

Soltankhan is a member of the political organization called the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran

Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran

The Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran , usually shortened to Abadgaran , is an alliance of some right-wing Iranian political parties and organizations. The alliance, mostly active in Tehran, won almost all of Tehran's seats in the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 and the Iranian City and Village...

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City Council of Tehran

Apart from her work in the executive branch of the Iranian government, Nasrin Soltankhan was also on the City Council of Tehran

City Council of Tehran

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 having won a seat in 2003. The term of service for her council seat ended in 2007.

External links

• http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2391/html/panorama.htm
• http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2419/html/panorama.htm
• http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_9956.shtml
• http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_9956.shtml
• http://www.escwa.org.lb/ecw/editors/pubs/ECW2ndReview.pdf
• http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=39497