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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 Persian women or Iranian 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.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 Nobel laureates and nominees
* 2 Scientists and Engineers
* 3 Academics
* 4 Authors and poets
* 5 Visual Art
* 6 Artists
* 7 Athletes
* 8 Politicians
* 9 Royalty
* 10 Activists
* 11 In the news
* 12 Others
* 13 References
* 14 See also
[edit] Nobel laureates and nominees
* Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Laureate. (Peace)
* Simin Behbahani, 1997 Nobel prize Nominee. (Literature)
[edit] Scientists and Engineers
* Fariba Adelkhah, Director of Research at Centre for
International Studies and Research, France. [1]
* Anousheh Ansari, First female space tourist, leading
telecommunication entrepreneur, and namesake of the X Prize
* Mina Bissell, Director of UC Berkeley Life Sciences Division.
[2]
* Mariam Kamkar, Head of Computer and Information Science
Department, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [3]
* Majgan Mahjoub, Director of Zooarchaeology Research Center,
National Museum of Iran, researcher at museum of natural history at
Paris. [4]
* Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Associate Director, Institute of
Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [5]
* Simin Nikbin Meydani, Senior Scientist and Director at Tufts
University. [6]
* Manijeh Razeghi, Director, Center for Quantum Devices,
Northwestern University. [7]
* Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Cryptographer, professor of computer
science, and head of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Research Institute at University of Wollongong
* Nahid Shahmehri, Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent
Information, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [8]
* Azadeh Tabazadeh, Stanford University scientist from NASA. [9]
Article about her in TIME magazine
* Saba Valadkhan, American Association for the Advancement of
Science Young scientist award
* Maryam Mirzakhani, Mathematician
* Roya Maboudian, Professor of Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley
* Mina Farr, Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer of
Vivid Medical Inc. holder of 20 U.S. and International patents in
Optics
* Shirin Dehghan, CEO of Arieso, winner of the 2006 Blackberry
Women and Technology Awards
[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]
* noosheen shahandeh,
* 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 Department of
History of Northwestern University, Illinois, USA [13]
* Noushafarin Ansari, Professor at University Of Tehran, Secretary
General of Children's Book Council Of Iran
* Simin Karimi, Linguist, University of Arizona [14]
[edit] Authors and poets
* Mina Assadi, Famous poet and author, winner of the Hellman/
Hammett awards (human Rights Watch) in New York in the year of 1996
* Sanaz Nikaein, Poet, Poetic Achievement Of The Year Award 2000,
Human Rights Activist
* Mahshid Amirshahi, Novelist
* Farzaneh Aghaeipour, Playwright and novelist
* Mastoureh Ardalan, Poet
* Simin Behbahani, Poet and 1997 Nobel prize nominee.
* Simin Daneshvar, Academic, novelist and translator of literary
texts from several languages into Persian
* Parvin E'tesami, Poet (classical)
* Forough Farrokhzad, Poet (modern)
* Rabe'e Ghazdari, Poet
* Roya Hakakian, Writer and poet
* Sheema Kalbasi, Poet
* Justine Harun-Mahdavi, German-Iranian writer.
* Rosie Malek-Yonan, Author, actor and director. Author of THE
CRIMSON FIELD
* Mahsati, Medieval poet
* Azadeh Moaveni, Writer and journalist
* Shahrnush Parsipur, Novelist
* Zoya Pirzad, Novelist and winner of Hushang Golshiri Award
* Tahereh Qorrat Al-'Ayn, Poet, philosopher and theologist;
Seventeenth disciple or Letter of the Living of the Báb (mid 19th
century)
* Mahasti Shahrokhi, Novelist
* Farzaneh Khojandi, Tajik poet
* Golrokhsar Safi Eva, National poet of Tajikistan
* Moniru Ravanipur, Writer
* Shokooh Mirzadegi, Novelist, poet and social reformer
[edit] Visual Art
* Iran Darrudi, Painter
* Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Painter
* Mansooreh Hosseini Painter
* Noreen Motamed, Painter
* Guity Novin, Painter, Graphic artist and the founder of
Transpressionism movement in painting
* Farah Notash Painter
* Behjat Sadr Painter
[edit] Artists
Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist and author of Savushun
Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist and author of Savushun
* Lily Afshar, World class guitarist
* nadia bjorlin
* Hengameh Mofid, Film and theatre actress, director,Dramatist and
University professor
* Farzaneh Kaboli, a leader in the Iranian Folkloric and National
Dance Art
* Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Actress, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights
Campaigner
* Shohreh Aghdashloo, Actress 2003 Oscar nominee for House of Sand
and Fog
* Pegah Anvarian, Fashion Designer in L.A..
* Pegah Ahangarani, Actress and winner of Best Actress Award, 23rd
Cairo International Film Festival.
* Taraneh Alidoosti, Best Actress Award Winner, Locarno
International Film Festival, awarded in August 2002
* Mary Apick, Actress, Best Actress Award Winner(1977)
* Aylar, Model and former adult actress
* Leila Arab, Musician
* Mitra Hajjar, Actress
* Soodabeh Salem, Musician and conductor
* Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Director
* Arfa Atrai, Santur Musician and writer
* Catherine Bell, Actress JAG (Half)
* Sima Bina, Singer.
* Shiva Boloorian, Actress and play director
* Nazanin Boniadi, Actress
* Delkash (Esmat Bagherpour), Singer
* Shohreh Solati, Singer
* Golshifteh Farahani, Actress, Best Actress Award from the 22nd
Nantes 3 Continents Festival and Symorgh for Best Actress from the
16th International Fajr Film Festival
* Leila Forouhar, Singer
* Googoosh, Actress/Singer/Songwriter
* Azita Hajian, Actress, Crystal Simorgh winner for the Best
Actress, the 17th Fajr International Film Festival
* Leila Hatami, Best Actress Award Locarno International Film
festival and Montreal World Film Festival (2002)
* Monika Jalili, Persian vocalist of Dutch-German origin
* Ghashang Kamkar, Musician
* Roya Kamyabfar, Jewellary Designer
* Niki Karimi, Actress and director
* Merila Zarei, Award-winning actress
* Maryam Keshavarz, Director
* Hana Makhmalbaf, Director
* Samira Makhmalbaf, Director
* Marjane Satrapi, film director and graphic novelist [15]
* Rosie Malek-Yonan, Actor, director and writer. Rendition (2007
Release)
* Yassamin Maleknasr, Actress and director
* Marzieh, Singer
* Tahmineh Milani, Feminist filmmaker
* Nooshafarin, Singer
* Mahin Oskouei First female Iranian film director
* Laleh Pourkarim, Singer
* Parisa (Fatemeh Va'ezi), Doyen of the classical-Persian singers
* Susan Roshan, Singer
* Behnaz Sarafpour, Couture fashion designer in NYC
* Shakila, Singer, winner of the Persian Academy Award
* Bahar Soomekh, Actress (Crash and Saw III)
* Tamara Stronach, played the Childlike Empress in the The
Neverending Story
* Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri, Queen of the Persian Music
* Mahla Zamani, Iranian fashion designer; expert on traditional
Iranian dressings
* Sarah Shahi, Actress
* Hedyeh Tehrani, Actress
* Darya Dadvar, Soprano soloist and composer
* Shiva Rose, Actress and anti-war activist Interview
[edit] Athletes
* Leila Ebrahimi, runner
* Laleh Seddigh, autoracing and rally champion of Iran
* Aravane Rezai, tennis player
* Janet Kohan-Sedq, runner
* Padideh Boloorizadeh, Asian Pentathlon Champion, Captain of
Iranian National Volleyball team
* Shadi Tabatabai, Rank No.1 Tennis Player of Iran
[edit] Politicians
* Sibel Edmonds, PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award winner
[[16]] Iraninan born who effectively challenged FBI
* Azar Majedi, Communist activist and politician.
* Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President.
* Goli Ameri, Republican politician.
* 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
* Purandokht, Sassanid crown princess and Queen.
* Shahr-banu, Princess.
* Nur Jehan, Wife of Mughal Emperor Jehangir
* Seyyedeh Khatun, Ruler[citation needed].
* Gauhar Shad, Queen.
* Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari, Former Queen.
* Ashraf Pahlavi, Princess.
* Farah Pahlavi, Empress (Mohammad Reza Shah's wife).
* Leila Pahlavi, Princess.
* Mumtaz Mahal, Wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan and inspiration
for Taj Mahal.
[edit] Activists
* Elham Afroutan
* Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Human Rights Activist, Singer and
Songwriter, 2003 Miss World 1st runner up, Miss Canada 2003
* Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, Author and pioneer of Persian women's
movement in modern Iran
* Forough Azarakhshi, Pioneer of modern education for women in
Mashhad
* Azam Taleghani
* Nooshin Ahmadi Khorasani
* Golbarg Bashi, feminist academic and activist
* Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, author and pioneer of Persian women's
movement in modern Iran
* Shirin Ebadi, human rights lawyer and judge, 2003 Nobel Laureate
* Zahra Eshraghi, feminist activist
* Lila Azam Zangeneh, writer and journalist
* Roya Hakakian, Iranian-Jewish human rights activist and author
* Mehrangiz Kar, human rights lawyer and winner of the Ludovic
Trarieux International Human Rights Prize
* Parvaneh Eskandari Dariush Forouhar's wife
* Zahra Kazemi, slain political photographer
* Elaheh Koulaei
* Shahla Lahiji, human rights activist and a pioneer of Persian
women's movement
* Rosie Malek-Yonan, actor, author and activist who testified on
Capitol Hill at U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 on behalf of the
Assyrians in Iraq
* Azar Nafisi, activist and novelist (Reading Lolita in Tehran)
* Marina Nemat, activist, past political prisoner and author.
* Shadi Sadr, feminist activist, lawyer and journalist
* Shahla Sherkat, editor and a pioneer of women's movement in the
modern Iran
* Soraya Sepahpour, political analyst and writer
* Badri Teymourtash, First female Iranian Doctor; a founder of
School of Dentistry, Mashad University
* Iran Teymourtash, journalist and early activist; daughter of
Abdolhossein Teymourtash
* Maryam Rajavi, President-Elect of the National Council of
Resistance of Iran.
* Parvin Darabi, author and activist
[edit] In the news
* Ashley Maryam Haghighi, supermodel, and dolce and gabbana spokes
model 2008
* Zahra Bani Ameri, Iranian physician
* Behnaz Mozakka, Iranian woman who died in 2005 London bombing.
* Nazanin Afshin-Jam, 2003 Miss World 1st runner up, Miss Canada
2003, Human Rights Activist, Singer and Songwriter
* Ramona Amiri, Miss World Canada 2005.[18]
* Rudi Bakhtiar, TV news anchor.
* Minu Barati, wife of Joschka Fischer, German Former Foreign
Minister.[19]
* Ladan and Laleh Bijani, conjoined twins.
* Haleh Esfandiari, scholar, detainee [20]
* Yasmin Le Bon, Supermodel.
* Lily Mazahery, Lawyer, International Human Rights Activist,
President of the Legal Rights Institute. [21]
* Mandana Naderian, German TV hostess.[22]
* Nazanin Fatehi, controversially sentenced to death for murder.
* Shermine Shahrivar, Miss Europe 2005.[23]
* Masoumeh Soltanbalaqi, Iran's First Woman Bus Driver [24]
* Dineh Mohajer founded the $10 million-a-year Hard Candy when she
was 22 years old [25]
* Yasmin Parvaneh Yasmin Le Bon super model
[edit] Others
* Farrokhrou 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
* Afsane Bassir Pour, Director of the Regional United Nations
Information Center (appointed by Kofi Annan) [26], Formerly: Bureau
Chief and International Correspondent for Le Monde
* Parisa Khosravi, Senior Vice President and Managing Editor of
International Newsgathering for CNN Worldwie [27]
* Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent
[28]
* Atoosa Rubenstein, founder and the editor of CosmoGirl magazine
and the editor of Seventeen[29], [30]
* Zahra Rahnavard, First female chancellor of university after
revolution
* Sona Babai, Oldest naturalized Iranian American
[edit] References
[edit] See also
* Iranian Women
* Iran
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from List of famous Persian women)
Jump to: navigation, search
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 Persian women or Iranian 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.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 Nobel laureates and nominees
* 2 Scientists and Engineers
* 3 Academics
* 4 Authors and poets
* 5 Visual Art
* 6 Artists
* 7 Athletes
* 8 Politicians
* 9 Royalty
* 10 Activists
* 11 In the news
* 12 Others
* 13 References
* 14 See also
[edit] Nobel laureates and nominees
* Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Laureate. (Peace)
* Simin Behbahani, 1997 Nobel prize Nominee. (Literature)
[edit] Scientists and Engineers
* Fariba Adelkhah, Director of Research at Centre for
International Studies and Research, France. [1]
* Anousheh Ansari, First female space tourist, leading
telecommunication entrepreneur, and namesake of the X Prize
* Mina Bissell, Director of UC Berkeley Life Sciences Division.
[2]
* Mariam Kamkar, Head of Computer and Information Science
Department, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [3]
* Majgan Mahjoub, Director of Zooarchaeology Research Center,
National Museum of Iran, researcher at museum of natural history at
Paris. [4]
* Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Associate Director, Institute of
Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [5]
* Simin Nikbin Meydani, Senior Scientist and Director at Tufts
University. [6]
* Manijeh Razeghi, Director, Center for Quantum Devices,
Northwestern University. [7]
* Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Cryptographer, professor of computer
science, and head of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Research Institute at University of Wollongong
* Nahid Shahmehri, Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent
Information, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [8]
* Azadeh Tabazadeh, Stanford University scientist from NASA. [9]
Article about her in TIME magazine
* Saba Valadkhan, American Association for the Advancement of
Science Young scientist award
* Maryam Mirzakhani, Mathematician
* Roya Maboudian, Professor of Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley
* Mina Farr, Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer of
Vivid Medical Inc. holder of 20 U.S. and International patents in
Optics
* Shirin Dehghan, CEO of Arieso, winner of the 2006 Blackberry
Women and Technology Awards
[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]
* noosheen shahandeh,
* 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 Department of
History of Northwestern University, Illinois, USA [13]
* Noushafarin Ansari, Professor at University Of Tehran, Secretary
General of Children's Book Council Of Iran
* Simin Karimi, Linguist, University of Arizona [14]
[edit] Authors and poets
* Mina Assadi, Famous poet and author, winner of the Hellman/
Hammett awards (human Rights Watch) in New York in the year of 1996
* Sanaz Nikaein, Poet, Poetic Achievement Of The Year Award 2000,
Human Rights Activist
* Mahshid Amirshahi, Novelist
* Farzaneh Aghaeipour, Playwright and novelist
* Mastoureh Ardalan, Poet
* Simin Behbahani, Poet and 1997 Nobel prize nominee.
* Simin Daneshvar, Academic, novelist and translator of literary
texts from several languages into Persian
* Parvin E'tesami, Poet (classical)
* Forough Farrokhzad, Poet (modern)
* Rabe'e Ghazdari, Poet
* Roya Hakakian, Writer and poet
* Sheema Kalbasi, Poet
* Justine Harun-Mahdavi, German-Iranian writer.
* Rosie Malek-Yonan, Author, actor and director. Author of THE
CRIMSON FIELD
* Mahsati, Medieval poet
* Azadeh Moaveni, Writer and journalist
* Shahrnush Parsipur, Novelist
* Zoya Pirzad, Novelist and winner of Hushang Golshiri Award
* Tahereh Qorrat Al-'Ayn, Poet, philosopher and theologist;
Seventeenth disciple or Letter of the Living of the Báb (mid 19th
century)
* Mahasti Shahrokhi, Novelist
* Farzaneh Khojandi, Tajik poet
* Golrokhsar Safi Eva, National poet of Tajikistan
* Moniru Ravanipur, Writer
* Shokooh Mirzadegi, Novelist, poet and social reformer
[edit] Visual Art
* Iran Darrudi, Painter
* Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Painter
* Mansooreh Hosseini Painter
* Noreen Motamed, Painter
* Guity Novin, Painter, Graphic artist and the founder of
Transpressionism movement in painting
* Farah Notash Painter
* Behjat Sadr Painter
[edit] Artists
Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist and author of Savushun
Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist and author of Savushun
* Lily Afshar, World class guitarist
* nadia bjorlin
* Hengameh Mofid, Film and theatre actress, director,Dramatist and
University professor
* Farzaneh Kaboli, a leader in the Iranian Folkloric and National
Dance Art
* Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Actress, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights
Campaigner
* Shohreh Aghdashloo, Actress 2003 Oscar nominee for House of Sand
and Fog
* Pegah Anvarian, Fashion Designer in L.A..
* Pegah Ahangarani, Actress and winner of Best Actress Award, 23rd
Cairo International Film Festival.
* Taraneh Alidoosti, Best Actress Award Winner, Locarno
International Film Festival, awarded in August 2002
* Mary Apick, Actress, Best Actress Award Winner(1977)
* Aylar, Model and former adult actress
* Leila Arab, Musician
* Mitra Hajjar, Actress
* Soodabeh Salem, Musician and conductor
* Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Director
* Arfa Atrai, Santur Musician and writer
* Catherine Bell, Actress JAG (Half)
* Sima Bina, Singer.
* Shiva Boloorian, Actress and play director
* Nazanin Boniadi, Actress
* Delkash (Esmat Bagherpour), Singer
* Shohreh Solati, Singer
* Golshifteh Farahani, Actress, Best Actress Award from the 22nd
Nantes 3 Continents Festival and Symorgh for Best Actress from the
16th International Fajr Film Festival
* Leila Forouhar, Singer
* Googoosh, Actress/Singer/Songwriter
* Azita Hajian, Actress, Crystal Simorgh winner for the Best
Actress, the 17th Fajr International Film Festival
* Leila Hatami, Best Actress Award Locarno International Film
festival and Montreal World Film Festival (2002)
* Monika Jalili, Persian vocalist of Dutch-German origin
* Ghashang Kamkar, Musician
* Roya Kamyabfar, Jewellary Designer
* Niki Karimi, Actress and director
* Merila Zarei, Award-winning actress
* Maryam Keshavarz, Director
* Hana Makhmalbaf, Director
* Samira Makhmalbaf, Director
* Marjane Satrapi, film director and graphic novelist [15]
* Rosie Malek-Yonan, Actor, director and writer. Rendition (2007
Release)
* Yassamin Maleknasr, Actress and director
* Marzieh, Singer
* Tahmineh Milani, Feminist filmmaker
* Nooshafarin, Singer
* Mahin Oskouei First female Iranian film director
* Laleh Pourkarim, Singer
* Parisa (Fatemeh Va'ezi), Doyen of the classical-Persian singers
* Susan Roshan, Singer
* Behnaz Sarafpour, Couture fashion designer in NYC
* Shakila, Singer, winner of the Persian Academy Award
* Bahar Soomekh, Actress (Crash and Saw III)
* Tamara Stronach, played the Childlike Empress in the The
Neverending Story
* Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri, Queen of the Persian Music
* Mahla Zamani, Iranian fashion designer; expert on traditional
Iranian dressings
* Sarah Shahi, Actress
* Hedyeh Tehrani, Actress
* Darya Dadvar, Soprano soloist and composer
* Shiva Rose, Actress and anti-war activist Interview
[edit] Athletes
* Leila Ebrahimi, runner
* Laleh Seddigh, autoracing and rally champion of Iran
* Aravane Rezai, tennis player
* Janet Kohan-Sedq, runner
* Padideh Boloorizadeh, Asian Pentathlon Champion, Captain of
Iranian National Volleyball team
* Shadi Tabatabai, Rank No.1 Tennis Player of Iran
[edit] Politicians
* Sibel Edmonds, PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award winner
[[16]] Iraninan born who effectively challenged FBI
* Azar Majedi, Communist activist and politician.
* Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President.
* Goli Ameri, Republican politician.
* 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
* Purandokht, Sassanid crown princess and Queen.
* Shahr-banu, Princess.
* Nur Jehan, Wife of Mughal Emperor Jehangir
* Seyyedeh Khatun, Ruler[citation needed].
* Gauhar Shad, Queen.
* Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari, Former Queen.
* Ashraf Pahlavi, Princess.
* Farah Pahlavi, Empress (Mohammad Reza Shah's wife).
* Leila Pahlavi, Princess.
* Mumtaz Mahal, Wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan and inspiration
for Taj Mahal.
[edit] Activists
* Elham Afroutan
* Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Human Rights Activist, Singer and
Songwriter, 2003 Miss World 1st runner up, Miss Canada 2003
* Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, Author and pioneer of Persian women's
movement in modern Iran
* Forough Azarakhshi, Pioneer of modern education for women in
Mashhad
* Azam Taleghani
* Nooshin Ahmadi Khorasani
* Golbarg Bashi, feminist academic and activist
* Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, author and pioneer of Persian women's
movement in modern Iran
* Shirin Ebadi, human rights lawyer and judge, 2003 Nobel Laureate
* Zahra Eshraghi, feminist activist
* Lila Azam Zangeneh, writer and journalist
* Roya Hakakian, Iranian-Jewish human rights activist and author
* Mehrangiz Kar, human rights lawyer and winner of the Ludovic
Trarieux International Human Rights Prize
* Parvaneh Eskandari Dariush Forouhar's wife
* Zahra Kazemi, slain political photographer
* Elaheh Koulaei
* Shahla Lahiji, human rights activist and a pioneer of Persian
women's movement
* Rosie Malek-Yonan, actor, author and activist who testified on
Capitol Hill at U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 on behalf of the
Assyrians in Iraq
* Azar Nafisi, activist and novelist (Reading Lolita in Tehran)
* Marina Nemat, activist, past political prisoner and author.
* Shadi Sadr, feminist activist, lawyer and journalist
* Shahla Sherkat, editor and a pioneer of women's movement in the
modern Iran
* Soraya Sepahpour, political analyst and writer
* Badri Teymourtash, First female Iranian Doctor; a founder of
School of Dentistry, Mashad University
* Iran Teymourtash, journalist and early activist; daughter of
Abdolhossein Teymourtash
* Maryam Rajavi, President-Elect of the National Council of
Resistance of Iran.
* Parvin Darabi, author and activist
[edit] In the news
* Ashley Maryam Haghighi, supermodel, and dolce and gabbana spokes
model 2008
* Zahra Bani Ameri, Iranian physician
* Behnaz Mozakka, Iranian woman who died in 2005 London bombing.
* Nazanin Afshin-Jam, 2003 Miss World 1st runner up, Miss Canada
2003, Human Rights Activist, Singer and Songwriter
* Ramona Amiri, Miss World Canada 2005.[18]
* Rudi Bakhtiar, TV news anchor.
* Minu Barati, wife of Joschka Fischer, German Former Foreign
Minister.[19]
* Ladan and Laleh Bijani, conjoined twins.
* Haleh Esfandiari, scholar, detainee [20]
* Yasmin Le Bon, Supermodel.
* Lily Mazahery, Lawyer, International Human Rights Activist,
President of the Legal Rights Institute. [21]
* Mandana Naderian, German TV hostess.[22]
* Nazanin Fatehi, controversially sentenced to death for murder.
* Shermine Shahrivar, Miss Europe 2005.[23]
* Masoumeh Soltanbalaqi, Iran's First Woman Bus Driver [24]
* Dineh Mohajer founded the $10 million-a-year Hard Candy when she
was 22 years old [25]
* Yasmin Parvaneh Yasmin Le Bon super model
[edit] Others
* Farrokhrou 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
* Afsane Bassir Pour, Director of the Regional United Nations
Information Center (appointed by Kofi Annan) [26], Formerly: Bureau
Chief and International Correspondent for Le Monde
* Parisa Khosravi, Senior Vice President and Managing Editor of
International Newsgathering for CNN Worldwie [27]
* Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent
[28]
* Atoosa Rubenstein, founder and the editor of CosmoGirl magazine
and the editor of Seventeen[29], [30]
* Zahra Rahnavard, First female chancellor of university after
revolution
* Sona Babai, Oldest naturalized Iranian American
[edit] References
[edit] See also
* Iranian Women
* Iran
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