Champion Woman Driver Banned from Racing

The Guardian is reporting that Laleh Seddigh, an Angelina Jolie doppelganger and Iranian car racing champion, has suddenly been banned from racing. Because? You guessed it: the gender thing.

SHE was the dirt-road speed queen who became a feminist icon after triumphing over an all-male field to become Iran's national rally champion.

But now the high-octane driving career of Laleh Seddigh has juddered to a halt, with a ban from participating in a race by the country's motor racing authorities.

Seddigh, 29, was walking towards her Peugeot 206 at Tehran's Azadi stadium when stewards blocked her way, citing "security problems".

The snub followed days of wrangling with Iran's racing federation over her right to take part in an event she won two years ago on her way to becoming national champion.

...Senior federation officials said they had been unable to obtain permission for her participation. However, Seddigh believes she was banned to prevent her earning enough points to repeat her championship success, which won her international fame but upset Iran's male-dominated religious ruling establishment

...The federation's vice-president, Hossein Shahryari, said Seddigh had been barred because of a decree restricting women to female-only events. That decree has now been lifted, he said.

But he added: "Women are speaking highly of themselves and that causes men who sacrifice their lives in this sport disappointment. Women are not champions in this sport, they are only participants. If they observed Islamic regulations more they would not have such problems."

                                                                                        

The ban in Seddigh is shameful. But hey, Laleh, keep the pedal to the metal and don't let these wackos slow you down, girl!

In the meantime, if we were Hollywood producers, we'd think about securing the film rights to Laleh's story and roping in Angelina Jolie to play the lead.

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