Zahra Rahnavard

Zahra Rahnavard
Born	Zohreh Kazemi (1945-08-19) 19 August 1945 (age 78) Borujerd, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	University of Tehran Islamic Azad University
Occupation	Academic
Title	Former Chancellor of Alzahra University
Political party	The Green Path of Hope (2009–) Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic (1987–)
Movement	Islamic feminism[1]
Spouse	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Children	3

Zahra Rahnavard (Persian: زهرا رهنورد; born Zohreh Kazemi; 19 August 1945) is an Iranian university professor, artist and politician.^[2] Rahnavard was put under house arrest from February 2011 to May 2018. According to Foreign Policy magazine, she was one of the world's most important thinkers.^[3] She is the wife of former Iran Prime Minister Mir Hussein Musavi. In part of her work, she told that men should respect laws of Islamic head coverings the same way women do. She also works for women's rights in the middle east.^[4]

1. ↑ Ziba Mir-Hosseini, "FEMINIST MOVEMENTS iv. IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC", Encyclopædia Iranica, IX/5, pp. 498-503, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/feminist-movements-iv (Retrieved 30 December 2012).
2. ↑ "Zahra Rahnavard - O Magazine 2010 Power List". Oprah. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
3. ↑ "Zahra Rahnavard: The Story of a Career". Tavaana. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
4. ↑ "Rahnavard, Zahra | Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers - Credo Reference". search.credoreference.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.