 Khomeini's death on 3 June 1989 left the factions without their source of legitimation.Principalists, irrespective of their genders, support a very strict life style for women in Iran.The women in the seventh Iranian parliament were against the bill on Iran joining the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which the female reformists in the sixth parliament had fought for vigorously.