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May 12, 2005 1. Various of women who have come to Iranian Interior Ministry to register for the presidential election 2. Various of women and passports 3. Fatima Kazemi's children who have come to Iranian Interior Ministry with their mother 4. Various of Kazemi filling out forms and registering for elections 5. Kazemi with children 6. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Fatima Kazemi, wants to run for president: "I asked my son what would you do if I became president and he answered 'it would make me very happy', then my daughter said that 'you can be the best president'." May 15, 2005 7. Wide shot of Iranian parliament 8. Various of member of parliament Rafat Bayat who has registered for presidential election as an independent candidate May 14, 2005 9. Plate 10. Set up shot of Bayat 11. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Rafat Bayat, member of parliament, wants to run for presidency: "Some time ago there was an issue saying since women have not shown significant executive capabilities and have no room in high-ranking decisions of the country, they cannot be qualified for presidency. Now the time has changed. I believe that women have met the requirements because we have female members of parliament, deputies of president and top managers. During last 26 years of the Revolution women have had many experiences and now they have executive capability." 12. Bayat's hand 13. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Rafat Bayat, member of parliament, wants to run for presidency: "If I become president I would provide women with more opportunities. One of them could be earlier retirement, the other one can be opportunities for study while women are working. I will provide women with the opportunity to learn management capabilities from the high officials." May 13, 2005 14. Various of Zahra Eshraghi, grandchild of the late Revolutionary Founder Ayatollah Khomeini and now one of the critics of the government 15. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Zahra Eshraghi, grandchild of the late Revolutionary Founder Ayatollah Khomeini (Q: "According to the law, women cannot register for presidential elections.") "We will certainly solve this problem for the good of women." May 14, 2005 16. Various of women buying books 17. Wide shot street STORYLINE: Last month, nearly 100 women turned out to register to run for office in Friday's Iranian presidential elections, but all their bids for candidacy were turned down by the the Guardian Council, continuing a trend established since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The hard-line Guardian Council is a constitutional watchdog that supervises the elections. It is an unelected group which can bar candidates on religious grounds. Last year the Council barred two thousand candidates in parliamentary elections, many of whom were women. Women are barred from running on the basis of a controversial interpretation of the constitution by the Guardian Council. The constitution says the president must be elected from among political "rijal" - an Arabic word that means literally "men" but can be interpreted simply as political personalities regardless of their gender. (Many Arabic words have been incorporated into Persian or Farsi.) Over the years many female politicians - including Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi's human rights group - have tried to change this article of the constitution, claiming that the Guardian Council doesn't interpret the phrasing clearly. Women are allowed to hold other political offices, so to some women, being banned from running for the presidency doesn't seem justified. Another candidate hopeful, Zahra Eshraghi, said that although the constitution says women aren't allowed to run, she would like to change that. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f461051396c20ffd117941371921f6a4 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork