List of Iranian women

For general information about women in Iran, see Women in Iran.

This is a list of Iranian women. As one person may have contributed to more than one field, they can be categorized in multiple areas.

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Nobel laureates

Scientists and engineers

Academics

Authors and poets

Visual and Fine Arts

Artists

Athletes

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 [7] 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.[8]
  • Shahla Habibi
  • Nasrin Soltankhah
  • Fatemeh Javadi, Vice-President, and head of the Department of the Environment
  • Professor Haleh Afshar, The Baroness Afshar, Iranian feminist academic and crossbench Peer in the British House of Lords.

Royalty

Activists

In the news

Others

References

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