One of the main achievements for Iraqi national unity and for Iraqi women's rights is the family law. This is very essential for Iraq, for the future of the country, for the future of the national unity, of the social fabric of my country.

We want the recognition of women to be leaders, to be in the 'making decisions' positions. We got it -- 31 percent women in the National Assembly last year. We have got it -- women being in the queue for national elections, the first to be in elections, for women to know their rights, to be recognized in the constitution.

Can you imagine? This is the level of awareness. People, they are living away from the essential things to practice their citizenship.

The Islamic Republic of Iran will pass through this situation by protecting its legitimate rights, preserving its national unity and acting wisely.

The employer should have some rights to hire a qualified applicant. In the current law the line is very fuzzy. The law gives deference to the fact that merely because they (the candidates) are union affiliated they (employers) should give deference to them to protect their organizing activities.

The common law system in which the law is continually reinterpreted by judges ends up protecting property rights far more than others and makes it easier to enforce restrictive covenants.