[Ghalibaf] Following the plan of gender segregation and the expulsion of a number of female employees from Tehran’s municipality offices, Tehran mayor Ghalibaf justified such hideous measures and said: “We have religious zeal, we say, we should not let a woman have contact with a man she does not know more than to socialize with him.
Instead, she should spend time with her relatives, husband and children because these interactions have negative influence on the family.”
(ISNA state-run news agency – July 18, 2014)