List of Iranian women

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The women's movement in modern Iran is nearly 150 years old.
The women's movement in modern Iran is nearly 150 years old.

The terms Iranian women or Persian women, used interchangeably, refer to women of Iran (known as Persia outside Iran until 1935).

Notice: As one person may have contributed to more than one field, they can be categorized in multiple areas.

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[edit] Nobel laureates and nominees

[edit] Scientists and Engineers

[edit] Academics

  • Janet Afary, Historian.
  • Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer, lecturer at Tehran University (2003 Nobel Laureate).
  • Mehrangiz Kar, Lawyer, fellow at Harvard University.
  • Jaleh Amouzgar, Iranologist, Professor of Tehran University.
  • Lady Amin (Banoo Amin), Jurisprudent and theologian.
  • Elaheh Koulaei, Professor of Political sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Tehran University
  • Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa, Chair of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literature Department, Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Camila Batmanghelidjh, Psychotherapist.
  • Farideh Farhi, Independent Scholar and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at University of Hawai'i, Mānoa
  • Farzaneh Milani, Director of Studies in Women and Gender and Professor of Persian and Women Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA [10]
  • Nayereh Tohidi, Professor and Chair of the Women's Studies Department at California State University, Northridge and Research Associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies at UCLA, USA [11]
  • Taiebeh Hosseinali, Professor and Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, United States.
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  • Afsaneh Najmabadi, Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University.
  • Laudan Nooshin, Musicologist and Senior Lecturer at City University of London [12]
  • Golbarg Bashi
  • Fariba Zarinebaf, Lecturer and Iran expert in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA [13]
  • Noushafarin Ansari, Professor at University Of Tehran, Secretary General of Children's Book Council Of Iran
  • Simin Karimi, Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona [14]
  • Saba Safdar, Asst. Professor of Psychology University of Guelph, Chair -International and Cross-Cultural section Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
  • Parinaz Parhizi, Lecturer at the Law Faculty of Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, winner of the DAAD Price for best students, journalist in German and Switzerland's Newspapers, Cooperation with ZDF(Second German Television).

[edit] Authors and poets

[edit] Visual Art

[edit] Artists

Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist and author of Suvashun
Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist and author of Suvashun

[edit] Athletes

[edit] Politicians

  • Farrokhroo Parsa, Medical doctor and former Minister of Education (the first Iranian woman to became a deputy and later Minister of Education); executed in 1980, following the Iranian Revolution
  • Mahnaz Afkhami, first Minister of Women's Affairs in Iran and second woman in the world to hold the position; former professor of English Literature at the National University and former Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran
  • Sibel Edmonds, PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award winner [16] Iranian who effectively challenged FBI
  • Azar Majedi, Communist activist and politician.
  • Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President.
  • Goli Ameri, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
  • Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent.
  • Fatemeh Haghighatjou, former Member of Parliament.
  • Elaheh Koulaei, former Member of Parliament and Professor of political sciences.
  • Farah Karimi, Iranian female Dutch Member of Parliament.[17]
  • Shahla Habibi
  • Nasrin Soltankhah
  • Fatemeh Javadi, Vice-President, and head of the Department of the Environment.
  • Dabir Azam Hosna, second female mayor in Iran

[edit] Royalty

[edit] Activists

[edit] In the news

  • Darya Bayat, Musician, Piano Soloist, International Award winner of Excellence, Composer, Poet, And Human Rights Activist. [19]
  • Ashley Maryam Haghighi, supermodel, and dolce and gabbana spokes model 2008
  • Zahra Bani Ameri, Iranian physician

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[edit] Others

  • Darya Bayat, Pianist, Composer, Poet, Human Right Activist.
  • Afsane Bassir Pour, Director of the Regional United Nations Information Center (appointed by Kofi Annan) [32], Formerly: Bureau Chief and International Correspondent for Le Monde
  • Parisa Khosravi, Senior Vice President and Managing Editor of International Newsgathering for CNN Worldwie [33]
  • Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent [34]
  • Atoosa Rubenstein, founder and the editor of CosmoGirl magazine and the editor of Seventeen[35], [36]
  • Zahra Rahnavard, First female chancellor of university after revolution
  • Sona Babai, Oldest naturalized Iranian American
  • Maria Khorsand, former CEO of Ericson Technology Licensing and the present President of OMX Technology FM

[edit] References


[edit] See also