Iran 任命するs first woman 外交官／大使 since 革命
Iran has 任命するd its first woman 外交官／大使 since the 1979 Islamic 革命, 指名するing foreign 省 spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham to 長，率いる its 大使館 in Malaysia, the 外務大臣 発表するd on Sunday.
"Choosing Afkham as 外交官／大使 took a few minutes but choosing her 後継者 took four months," 外務大臣 Mohammad Javad Zarif said at a 儀式 in Tehran for the 50-year-old career 外交官 who will be 取って代わるd at the 省 by a man, Jaber Ansari.
Iranian マスコミ first said 支援する in April that Afkham was lined up for 昇進／宣伝 to the 階級 of 外交官／大使, but the 報告（する）／憶測s were unconfirmed.
Marzieh Afkham has been 任命するd as Iran's first woman 外交官／大使 since the 1979 Islamic 革命, 長，率いるing its 大使館 in Malaysia ?Behrouz M ehri (AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
Zarif paid 尊敬の印 to Afkham, who was also the first woman in the Islamic 共和国 to serve as foreign 省 spokeswoman, 説 she had carried out her 義務s for two years with "dignity, bravery and particular insight".
In turn, the new 外交官／大使 to Kuala Lumpur, 引用するd by 明言する／公表する news 機関 IRNA, 賞賛するd Zarif for "the courage to take such a 決定／判定勝ち（する）" and for his "信用 in women".
After his 2013 選挙, Iran's 穏健な 大統領 Hassan Rouhani called on 大臣s to 任命する women to high 地位，任命するs and said his 政府 would stand up against 差別, 指名するing three women to the country's 11 副／悪徳行為 大統領の positions.
Although みなすd more 自由主義の than those of many Arab countries, Iran's 法律s since the 革命 have been criticised as 不公平な to women in 事例／患者s of marriage, 離婚 and 相続物件.
While women may 持つ／拘留する 重要な 地位，任命するs, 含むing in 議会 and the 閣僚, they can not serve as 裁判官s and have not been 許すd to run for 大統領，／社長.
