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Fateme Asadi (1960 – 1984), first Iranian 'martyr' women whose body was found during post-war explorations. Ladan and Laleh Bijani (1974–2003), conjoined twins; Qudsiyyih Khanum Ashraf (1889–1976), Bahá'i teacher and midwife; Raheleh Tahmasbi, women sea captain from Iran and West Asia.
Given the effect of political upheaval and religious restrictions on Iranian women musicians throughout the country’s history, a brief outline of Iranian history follows below. Before the Qajar Period (1785-1925) Iranian musicians were known as motrebs, but this term began to refer to musicians who performed in a variety of styles ...
The Iranian Women's Rights Movement (Persian: جنبش زنان ایران), is the social movement for women's rights of the women in Iran. The movement first emerged after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1910, the year in which the first women's periodical was published by women.
Susan (Persian: سوسن, pronounced: Soo'san, born Golandam Taherkhani (Persian: گلاندام طاهرخانی); June 12, 1943 – May 3, 2004) was a popular Iranian singer of particularly the 1960s and 1970s. Among her recordings was her 1969 release of "Kolah Makhmali" ("felt hat").
Iranian women are fighting to recover our dignity and exercise our personal freedoms so that, one day, all Iranians can choose our government in free and fair elections. We shouldn’t be afraid ...
Iranian women rights activists determined education is a key for the country's women and society; they argued giving women education was best for Iran because mothers would raise better sons for their country. [100] Many Iranian women, including Jaleh Amouzgar, Eliz Sanasarian, Janet Afary, and Alenush Terian have been influential in the sciences.
The Women's Organization of Iran (WOI; Persian: سازمان زنان ایران) was a non-profit organization created in 1966, mostly run by volunteers, with local branches and centers for women all over the country, determined to enhance the rights of women in Iran.
Giti married to Masoud Kimiai, an Iranian film director, [1] in 1969. In the late 1980s, she moved to Hamburg, Germany, where she researched Western Church and Baroque music. The couple separated in 1991, and have a son Poulad Kimiayi, a pianist, who was born on 14 July in 1980. She died of breast cancer in Tehran on 7 May 1995. Her songs and ...