Sahebeh Rouhani

Sahebeh Rouhani (Persian: صاحبه روحانی, née Arabi) is the wife of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.[1] A first cousin of Hassan Rouhani, their marriage was arranged by their parents when she was 14 and he was 20 years old.

Sahebeh Rouhani
صاحبه روحانی
Rouhani in 2013
Spouse of the president of Iran
In role
3 August 2013  3 August 2021
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byAzam al-Sadat Farahi
Succeeded byJamileh Alamolhoda
Personal details
Born
Sahebeh Arabi

1954 (age 6869)
Sorkheh, Semnan Province, Iran
Spouse
(m. 1968)
Children5
Known forSpouse of the President of Iran
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Family

Rouhani is the daughter of Abdolazim Arabi and Sareh-Khaton Peyvandi, aunt of Hassan Rouhani. She is married to Hassan Rouhani, her cousin, in 1968.[2] They have 5 children, the eldest of whom died in 1992.[3][4] She does not participate in politics and spends her time engaged in charitable affairs. In July 2014, she started the construction of ten kindergartens.[5]

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