Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Zahra Behrouz Azar said women should have motorcycle licenses to avoid additional harm resulting from being unable to obtain insurance coverage due to not having a valid license.
She said the government had taken action on the issue with Parliament’s support, while religious scholars and clerics had also stated that issuing motorcycle licenses to women was not religiously prohibited.
Behrouz Azar said the necessary steps had been taken and that, according to her latest discussions with traffic police officials, a prototype motorcycle license for women had already been printed.
She said the issuance of the licenses had been delayed due to the outbreak of the recent US-Israeli war, adding that a ceremony to unveil the first motorcycle license for women had initially been planned for July.
IRNA