Iran's virtual presidential candidate continues campaign | CNN

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56% : Her campaign also had nearly 4,000 Facebook supporters, with many from Iran.
53% : Iranian cartoon popular candidate on the webAmir Soltani - an Iranian-American writer - and Khalil, an Arab illustrator based in San Francisco, had previously created Zahra as the main character in an online graphic novel aimed at blurring the line between the virtual space and the real world and showing support for democracy in Iran.
50% : Recently, Rezazadeh and her husband Reza took refuge in the United States as her husband was an outspoken reformist and activist in Iran.
49% :"Zahra is created to demand fair and free elections and seek respect for our basic human rights, especially for women who were rejected to run in this election; and others who can't have their voices heard in Iran," said Firuzeh Mahmoudi, executive director of the U.S.-based non-profit organization United4Iran, which ran her online campaign.
48% : Story highlights"Zahra" is a fictional character in an online graphic novel made after Iran's 2009 electionZahra's creators said she was aimed at showing support for democracy in IranUnited4Iran promoted Zahra as a virtual candidate in this year's presidential elections
47% : In March, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre said the 1979 revolution that brought Iran's current regime to power was "in many respects a point of 'no return' for women's rights.""Women suffer from severe oppression, whether it's discrimination in universities by the governing system, or on the street being harassed by the 'morality police' about what they are wearing and whether or not their head scarves are covering enough of their hair and abiding the regime's Islamic rules and regulations," said Sahar Rezazadeh, a student activist who finished her Master's Degree in Communication in Tehran.
47% :"Rouhani now has the ability to shift the socio-political and cultural landscape of Iran from the old didactic and heavily militant ambiance into a liberal and reformist society that allows change and reform for everyone, especially women," Haghighatjoo said.
42% : The creators of "Zahra" say the fictional character is aimed at showing support for democracy in Iran.
41% : But with the Iranian election fading away in the real world, Mahmoudi and the campaign plan to use Zahra's virtual celebrity to continue to campaign against social and political inequalities for women; and call for democracy and reform in Iran - an aspiration that this virtual character says she owes to the "children of Iran and those we lost like Neda, Mehdi, and Sohrab.""Zahra exists for those of us that have nowhere else to turn, to give us a vote for what we believe in," said Mahmoudi.
35% : Roshanak lives in Tehran and asked that her surname not be used.

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