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According to our records, Zahra Rahnavard is possibly single. Relationships. We have no records of past relationships for Zahra Rahnavard. About. Zahra Rahnavard is a 78 year old Iranian Politician born on 31st October, 1945 in Borujerd, Iran. Her zodiac sign is Scorpio
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Khatami Administration
Masoumeh Ebtekar is a U.S.-educated reformist who began her political career as a young revolutionary in 1979. As an 18-year-old, she gained international notoriety as an official spokesperson and interpreter for the hostage-takers at the U.S. Embassy between 1979 and 1981. Ebtekar later became the editor-in-chief of Kayhan International, an English-language newspaper. She worked under Khatami, who was then the head of the Kayhan publishing house and later became president of Iran. Khatami ap...
Ahmadinejad Administration
Marzieh Dastjerdi is a conservative who began her political career in the Majles, where she served from 1992 to 2000. While in parliament, she chaired the committee on Women, Family and Youth. She was appointed Health and Medical Education Minister under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2009 to 2012, the first female cabinet official in Iran since the 1979 revolution. In 2012, Dastjerdi was fired by Ahmadinejad after she criticized the government for medicine shortfalls. She was a rumored p...
Rouhani Administration
Shahindokht Molaverdi is a reformist who served as vice president for women and family affairs from 2013 to 2017 under President Rouhani. She was later his special assistant for citizenship rights from 2017 to 2018. Molaverdi resigned from the executive branch after the Majles passed a law banning the employment of retirees in government posts. Molaverdi attempted to run for the Majles in the 2020 parliamentary elections. But the Guardian Council disqualified her from running. In May 2020, ha...
Azam Taleghani was a reformist who represented Tehran in the Majles from 1980 to 1984. She was one of the first four women elected to the legislature. While in office, she founded the Society of Muslim Women and published a weekly journal on women’s rights. She registered as a presidential candidate five times (in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2017) b...
Shohreh Bayat was the chief arbiter at the 2020 Women's Chess World Championship where she was photographed without her hijab. She refused to apologize to the Iranian government and sought refuge in Britain. "It's against my beliefs," she said. "People should have the right to choose the way they want to dress; it should not be forced." The State D...
Feb 17, 2010 · It is telling, therefore, that Mir Hossein Mousavi courted and eventually married Zahra Rahnavard. When they met, in 1969, Rahnavard was already an acclaimed pioneer in the field of Islamic ...
May 24, 2009 · Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of moderate presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, is breaking the mould in Iranian politics by campaigning openly alongside her husband for next month's election.
Jul 7, 2011 · The mother of opposition figure Zahra Rahnavard, who along with her husband, opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi, has reportedly been under house arrest for the past five months, has expressed...
Jun 24, 2009 · Iran reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, have emerged as the face of the country's political opposition. But who are they? Analysts offer insight.
Jun 12, 2009 · But his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, a university professor and celebrated artist and writer, not to mention a mother of three, has shown plenty of spark on the campaign trail.
