Access Denied: Iran’s Exclusionary Elections

A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper

I. Summary and Recommendations

Recommendations to the Government of Iran

II.Mechanisms of Exclusion

Guardian Council

Qualification Criteria for Parliamentary Candidates

Approbatory Supervision

Qualification Criteria for Presidential Elections

III.Human Rights Violations

Gender Discrimination

Discrimination Based on Political Opinion and Belief

Discrimination Based on Religious Belief