Presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has vowed to review laws that discriminate against women in Iran if he wins an upcoming election.
Watched by his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, Mr Mousavi told an audience of female supporters in Tehran: "We should reform laws that are unfair to women."
Patrols of so-called "morality police" regularly enforce standards of Islamic dress on Iran's streets.
Mr Mousavi, a reformist former PM, says he would seek to disband the force.
As Ms Rahnavard spoke, many in the crowd shouted protests against the morality police, who regularly arrest women they deem inappropriately dressed.
"We should prepare the ground for an Iran where women are treated without discrimination," the AFP news agency reported her as saying.
"We should reform laws that treat women unequally. We should empower women financially, women should be able to choose their professions according to their merits, and Iranian women should be able to reach the highest level of decision making bodies."
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Nice to see how much of an impression President Obama has made on Iran. The candidates are using " Yes we can" and even coping Michelle Obama. Notice no one is using anything from the Bush Family.
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