Azam Taleghani

Azam Taleghani
Azam Taleghani
Member of the Parliament of Iran
	In office; 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984
Constituency	Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority	1,108,653 (51.9%)
Personal details
Born	1943; Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Died	30 October 2019 (aged 75–76); Tehran, Iran
Political party	Society of Women of the Islamic Revolution
Other political; affiliations	Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran
Spouse	Morteza Eghtesad (died 2017)
Children	Akram,; Abbas,; Sadegh,; Kazem
Relatives	Mahmoud Taleghani (father)
Profession	politician, journalist

Azam Taleghani (Template:Lang-fa; 1943 – 30 October 2019) was an Iranian politician and journalist who was the head of the Society of Islamic Revolution Women of Iran,^[2] editor of Payam-e-Hajar weekly, and a member of the Iranian parliament.^[3]

Early life

Born in Iran, Taleghani was the daughter of Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani. She served time in prison during the Pahlavi regime.^[4] After the Iranian Revolution she was a member of the Iranian parliament, founded "Jame'e Zanan Mosalman" (Society of Muslim women), and published Payam e Hajar Weekly, an Islamic journal about women and women's rights.^[3] In 2003 she protested against the death of Zahra Kazemi.^[2]^[5] Both in 2001 and 2009, Taleghani submitted her candidacy for Iran's presidential elections, but, like all women's candidacies, her candidacy was rejected by Iran's Guardian Council .^[6]^[7]

Her political ideals espoused a "progressive brand of revolutionary Islamism."^[8]

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
1979	Assembly of Experts	132,430	5.24	17th	Lost^[9]
1980	Parliament	1,108,653	51.9	16th	Won^[10]
1997	President	—			Disqualified^[11]
1999	City Council of Tehran				Disqualified^[11]
2001	President				Disqualified^[12]
2005	President				Disqualified^[11]
2009	President				Disqualified^[13]
2017	President				Disqualified^[13]

References

^ "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b Iran: Sit-in by Azam Taleghani in front of Evin prison
^ ^a ^b فرخ‌زاد، پوران (Pooran Farrokhzad). کارنمای زنان کارای ایران (از دیروز تا امروز). تهران: نشر قطره، ۱۳۸۱، ISBN 9643411168، 533.
^ همایش یکصدمین سال تولد مهندس بازرگان
^ تحصن اعظم طالقانی در مقابل زندان اوین Archived June 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ گفتگوی خبرنگاران ترک با اعظم طالقانی Archived June 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "اعظم طالقانی کاندیدای جدید ریاست جمهوری". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
^ "Azam Taleghani, Defiant Would-Be President of Iran, Dies at 76". The New York Times.
^ Ervand Abrahamian (1989), "To The Masses", Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6, ISBN 9781850430773
^ "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 89
^ ^a ^b ^c "Iran Election Bulletin", National Democratic Institute, vol. 1, no. 6, 8 May 2009, retrieved 18 June 2017
^ Tara Povey (2016). Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 9781134779895.
^ ^a ^b "Iranians Make A Run For It, But They're Already Out Of The Presidential Race". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

Party political offices
New title	Secretary-General of the Society of Women of the Islamic Revolution 1979–2019	Succeeded by Tahereh Taleghani

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[Khorasan-1] "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[payvand-2] Iran: Sit-in by Azam Taleghani in front of Evin prison

[Farokhzad-3] فرخ‌زاد، پوران (Pooran Farrokhzad). کارنمای زنان کارای ایران (از دیروز تا امروز). تهران: نشر قطره، ۱۳۸۱، ISBN 9643411168، 533.

[4] همایش یکصدمین سال تولد مهندس بازرگان

[5] تحصن اعظم طالقانی در مقابل زندان اوین Archived June 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[6] گفتگوی خبرنگاران ترک با اعظم طالقانی Archived June 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[7] "اعظم طالقانی کاندیدای جدید ریاست جمهوری". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

[8] "Azam Taleghani, Defiant Would-Be President of Iran, Dies at 76". The New York Times.

[9] Ervand Abrahamian (1989), "To The Masses", Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6, ISBN 9781850430773

[10] "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 89

[IEB-11] "Iran Election Bulletin", National Democratic Institute, vol. 1, no. 6, 8 May 2009, retrieved 18 June 2017

[12] Tara Povey (2016). Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 9781134779895.

[RFE-13] "Iranians Make A Run For It, But They're Already Out Of The Presidential Race". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

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