Zohreh Sadeghi

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
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byEffat Marashi
Succeeded byAzam al-Sadat Farahi
Personal details
Bornc. 1950 (age 72–73)
Qom, Iran
Spouse
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(m. 1974)​
Children3
RelativesMusa al-Sadr (uncle)
Sadeq Tabatabaei (cousin)

Career

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

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
  1. زهره صادقی همسر سیدمحمد خاتمی
  2. "مجله مهر - همسران روسای جمهور با هم دیدار می کنند/عکس". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
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