Azar Mansouri
Azar Mansouri | |
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| Member of the City Council of Varamin | |
| In office 29 April 1999 – 29 April 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1964 (age 59–60) Varamin, Iran |
| Political party | Union of Islamic Iran People Party |
| Other political affiliations | Islamic Iran Participation Front |
Azar Mansouri (Persian: آذر منصوری) is an Iranian reformist politician.
She is a founding member of the Union of Islamic Iran People Party[1] and the party's secretary-general.[2] She is also a senior member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front.[3] Mansouri was a campaigner for the One Million Signatures and considered is among the pioneers of Iranian NGOs working for women's rights.[4] She was disqualified for the 2008 Iranian legislative election[5] and arrested following the post-election protests in 2009.[3]
References
- ^ "How Iran's beleaguered reformist party has been reincarnated once again". Tehran Bureau. The Guardian. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "New Iranian reformist party elects leader". Radio Zamaneh. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b Reza Derakhshi (23 September 2009). Fredrik Dahl and Samia Nakhoul (ed.). "Iran detains leading female reformist: website". Reuters. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ Mohammadighalehtaki, Ariabarzan (2012). Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat) (Ph.D. thesis). Durham University. p. 204.
- ^ Michael Rubin (28 January 2008), Iran News Round Up, National Review, retrieved 3 March 2017
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