Reason #1: Article 18 of passport law, married women requires their husband’s permission to apply for a passport.
Reason #2: Article 21 of Iran’s Constitution indicates: “The government must ensure the rights of women in all respects, in conformity with Islamic criteria…” This leaves it up to the clergymen to interpret the laws pertaining to women.
Reason #3: Article 83 of the Penal Code, called the Law of Hodoud, stipulates that the penalty for fornication is flogging, i.e. 100 strokes of the lash, for unmarried male and female offenders.
Reason #4: Article 102 of Iran’s Constitution indicates: “Women who appear on streets and in public without the prescribed ‘Islamic Hejab’ will be condemned to 74 strokes of the lash.”
Reason #5: Article 115 of Iran’s Constitution states the condition for the presidential candidates the law states that:
“The President must come from among the religious and political statesmen (rejal).” The word rejal literally means men of high achievement.
Reason #6: Article 162 of Iran’s Constitution states the condition for the attorney general. “The head of justice department and attorney general must be ‘mojtahed’ [a religious man who is able to issue decree], honest, and knowledgeable in legal subject matters.”
Source: http://www.wfafi.org/laws.pdf
