Zohreh Sadeghi (Persian: زهره صادقی; born 1950) is the wife of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and a niece of the Lebanese leader of the Amal Movement Musa al-Sadr.
Zohreh Sadeghi | |
|---|---|
| زهره صادقی | |
| Spouse of the President of Iran | |
| In role 3 August 1997 – 3 August 2005 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Effat Marashi |
| Succeeded by | Azam al-Sadat Farahi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1950 (age 73–74) Qom, Iran |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Musa al-Sadr (uncle) Sadeq Tabatabaei (cousin) |
Career edit
In 1999, together with wives of other government officials, Sadeghi founded the Behafarin Farda charity entity and serves as its president.[1]
Her most important political presence was in 2008 and during the Gaza War. Ten days before Azam Farahi wrote a letter to the First Lady of Egypt Suzanne Mubarak, Sadeghi got in contact with Moza bint Nasser to call on governments and nations to support the Palestinian people.[2]
She has been vocal about her support of women's rights in Iran, citing discrimination against women as a serious obstacle to achieving hidden potentials.[3][4]
Personal life edit
Sadeghi's mother was the sister of Musa al-Sadr. Her father Ali Akbar Sadeghi was a lecturer at Shahid Beheshti University for 38 years and died in 2014. Sadeq Tabatabaei and Fatemeh Tabatabaei (wife of Ahmad Khomeini) were Zohreh Sadeghi's maternal first cousins.[1]
Sadeghi married Mohammad Khatami in 1974. The couple have two daughters and one son: Laila (born 1975), Narges (born 1980), and Emad (born 1988). All their children are reported to be living outside Iran.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c زهره صادقی همسر سیدمحمد خاتمی
- ^ "مجله مهر - همسران روسای جمهور با هم دیدار می کنند/عکس". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "همسر سیدمحمد خاتمی در نشست کمیته هدایت منطقه‌ای زنان آسیاـ اقیانوسیه: تبعیض علیه زنان، مانع جدی در راه به ثمر رسیدن قابلیت‌های پنهان آنهاست". ISNA. 11 February 2002.
- ^ "نشست ویژه بزرگداشت مقام زن با حضور همسر رئیس‌جمهور برگزار شد زهره صادقی: زنان در دنیای امروز هم از سنن جاهلی رنج می‌برند و هم از بار ستمهای مدرن". ISNA. 11 August 2004.