Zahra Rahnavard
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| Zahra Rahnavard زهرا رهنورد |
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| Born | 31 October 1945 Borujerd, Iran |
| Residence | Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Occupation | Former Chancellor of Alzahra University |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Spouse | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Children | Kokab, Narges and Zahra |
Zahra Rahnavard (Persian: زهرا رهنورد; born Zohreh Kazemi; October 31, 1945) is an Iranian artist and politician.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Rahnavard was born in Borujerd, Iran. Her father Haj-Fathali was a Fundamentalist Sh'ia and anti-Communist. After hearing of a gathering of Sh'ia clerics in Iran, Haj-Fathali emigrated to Khomein, Markazi Province where Zahra was born & raised.[citation needed] Zahra Rahnavard earned her bachelor and master's degrees in art and architecture from University of Tehran. She also has master's and PhD degrees from Islamic Azad University in Political science.[2] Rahnavard was among the early revolutionaries against the Shah. In the last years of the Shah, she was close to Ali Shariati, a dissident Islamist leader.[3]
[edit] Political life
She served as the Chancellor of Alzahra University in Tehran, Iran, from 1998 to 2006, and as a Political Adviser to the former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.[4][5] Rahnavard was the first Iranian woman appointed as a chancellor of a university since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. She was nominated to this post by former Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Mostafa Moin.[6] After the election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005 and the purging of reformist officials from the government, Rahnavard was removed or resigned from her position as the Chancellor of Al-zahra University in 2006, replaced by Mahboubeh Mobasheri.
She was an active member of her husband Mir-Hossein Mousavi's campaign when Mousavi entered the 2009 presidential election. Now she is a member of The Green Path of Hope and is one of the Leaders of Opposition. Rahnavard is also the author of 15 books.
[edit] Family
She is the wife of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the former Prime Minister of Iran and had three daughters: Kokab, Narges and Zahra. She and Mousavi married on 18 September 1969.
[edit] References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Zahra Rahnavard |
- ^ "Zahra Rahnavard - O Magazine 2010 Power List". Oprah.com. http://www.oprah.com/world/The-2010-O-Power-List/16. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ "بیوگرافی زهرا رهنورد". Yazd Farda. 6 May 2009. http://www.yazdfarda.com/news/16524.html. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Alavi, Nasrin (2 June 2009). "Iran: a blind leap of faith". Open Democracy. http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/iran-a-blind-leap-of-faith. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ Torfeh, Massoumeh (May 5, 2009). "Iran's first first lady?". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/05/iran-elections-women.
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- ^ Arabshahi, Payman (23 September 1998). "Zahra Rahnavard named university chancellor in Tehran". http://web.payk.net/mailingLists/iran-news/html/1998/msg01357.html. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
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Chancellor of Alzahra University 1998–2006 |
Succeeded by Mahboubeh Mobasheri |
