TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) — MP Soheila Jelodarzadeh said here Saturday that Iran’s civil laws are outdated and cannot grant women all their inalienable rights.

Jelodarzadeh told the Mehr News Agency that women’s status in Iran is not what they want it to be.

She added that the absence of appropriate laws, the violation of rules, and ill-considered actions in the field of women’s affairs have led to the current situation.

The MP said that Iran’s civil law was written ninety years ago and has both Islamic and Western influences.

“This law does not grant women their proper status and cannot guarantee their Islamic, individual, and human rights,” she said.

Jelodarzadeh stressed that Islam recognizes women’s human rights, adding that what currently exists is not pure Islam but a mixture of Islam and pre-Islamic tribal beliefs that partially limits women’s rights.

The MP stressed that one of Islam’s basic rights for women is the right to own property but this right is not fully taken into consideration in the country’s civil laws.

Jelodarzadeh stated that the bills approved by the Majlis are in line with Islamic law and human rights.

She added that the late Imam Khomeini emphasized the need to expand the role of women in all fields.

“Unfortunately, certain backward attitudes have slowed down the process of women attaining their rights,” she said.