Laya Joneydi
Lawyer Iran's VP
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Laya Joneidi (Persian: لعیا جنیدی) is an Iranian lawyer and associate professor of private law at University of Tehran,[1] who served as the vice president for legal affairs in the administration of President Hassan Rouhani.[2]
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Laya Joneydi | |
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لعیا جنیدی | |
Joneydi in 2019 | |
| Vice President of Iran for Legal Affairs | |
| In office 9 August 2017 – 1 September 2021 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Majid Ansari |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Dehghan |
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| University of Tehran Harvard University | |
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From 2002 to 2003, she worked on research "A Comparative Study of Commercial Arbitration in Islamic Law and Other Major Contemporary Legal Systems" at Harvard Law School.[1]
Views
Joneydi maintains that procedural justice is "inquisitorial and accusatorial".[3] She believes "there is no hindrance that prevents women from serving in judicial posts in Islam".[4]
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