تولیدات صداوسیما‌جمهوری‌اسلامی؛ تبعیض علیه زنان، افراد معلول و غیرمسلمانان است

Iran’s State Broadcaster Discriminates against Women, People with Disabilities and Non-Muslims

تولیدات صداوسیما‌جمهوری‌اسلامی؛ تبعیض علیه زنان، افراد معلول و غیرمسلمانان است

JULY 22, 2019

IRIB’s New Job Posting Demands New Hires Be Male, Muslim and Without Disability

In its latest job posting, the Iranian state broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), listed “complete health and lack of physical disability” and “adherence to Islam and Velayat-e faqih [Iran’s system of clerical rule over the state]” as employment requirements for all its branches, while adding that “being a man” was a requirement in provincial branches.

According to the ad posted on July 27, 2019, only abled-bodied Muslim men may be hired by the IRIB. This posting blatantly enforces discrimination based on gender, religion and disability, violating numerous articles in the Iranian Constitution and other domestic laws, as well as international conventions to which Iran is a State Party, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Fundamental Principles, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).