Azam Taleghani

Azam Taleghani (in Persian:اعظم طالقانی) is an Iranian politician and journalist, born in 1944, is the head of the Society of Islamic Revolution Women of Iran,[1] editor of Payam Hajar Weekly, and a former member of the Iranian parliament.[2]

Born in Iran, Taleghani is the daughter of Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani. She served time in prison during the Pahlavi regime.[3] 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.[2] In 2003 she protested against the death of Zahra Kazemi.[1][4] 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 .[5][6]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Iran: Sit-in by Azam Taleghani in front of Evin prison
  2. 1 2 فرخ‌زاد، پوران (Pooran Farrokhzad). کارنمای زنان کارای ایران (از دیروز تا امروز). تهران: نشر قطره، ۱۳۸۱، ISBN 9643411168، 533.
  3. ↑ همایش یکصدمین سال تولد مهندس بازرگان
  4. ↑ تحصن اعظم طالقانی در مقابل زندان اوین Archived June 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ گفتگوی خبرنگاران ترک با اعظم طالقانی Archived June 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ اعظم طالقانی کاندیدای جدید ریاست جمهوری

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