Zahra Rahnavard | |
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Born | Zohreh Kazemi 19 August 1945 |
Nationality | Iranian |
Alma mater | University of Tehran Islamic Azad University |
Occupation | Academic |
Title | Former Chancellor of Alzahra University |
Political party | |
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]