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Syrian VP: Iran Is A Model For Women's Advancement

At a meeting in Damascus yesterday with the Iranian Foreign Ministry's director of international women's affairs and human rights, Tahira Nazri, Syrian Vice President Dr. Najah Al-Attar said that Iran was a model for women's advancement.

She added that this was in contrast to the commodification of women in the U.S. and the West.

Source: Al-Thawra, Syria, November 20, 2008

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