The mayor of Tehran has no patience for women.
I have no patience for women and do not want to work with them, according to a member of the Tehran City Council, these are the words of a district mayor in Tehran.
A mayor who has dismissed three of his female deputies with this very statement.
During Alireza Zakani’s urban management tenure, however, the situation of women’s employment and management in the municipality is somewhat different. On November 14th last year, Narges Madanipour expressed dissatisfaction with the appointments by the Tehran mayor, stating that the names of women employed in the municipality are not seen in the appointments.