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List Of Famous Persian Women
This is a list of Iranian women, of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both women born in Iran and women that are of the Iranian diaspora. Nobel laureates * Shirin Ebadi (born 1947), 2003 Nobel Laureate (Peace) Scientists and engineers File:Azar Andami.jpg File:AnoushehAnsari.jpg File:Maryam Mirzakhani in Seoul 2014.jpg File:Ալենուշ Տէրեան.jpg File:Maryam Sadeghi 2014.jpg File:Azita Emami-Neyestanak Caltech.jpg Business Academia File:Jaleh Amouzgar.JPG File:Shirin Ebadi 01.jpg File:Afsaneh Najmabadi-Evaz.jpg File:Azar Nafisi 2015.jpg File:Zahra Rahnavard, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Hamed Saber (cropped-01).jpg File:Pardis-Sierra-Leone.jpg Writers and poets File:Najmieh-Batmanglij 2985.jpg File:Camila Batmanghelidjh plenary.jpg File:Simin Daneshvar Cc0be0e4.jpg File:سیمین بهبهانی - Simin Behbahani.jpg File:Forough Farrokhzad 804a.jpg File:Roya Hakakian.jpg File:Porochista khakpour 2014.jpg File:Marjane Satrapi Cannes 2008.jpg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fields Medal
The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The name of the award honours the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. The Fields Medal is regarded as one of the highest honors a mathematician can receive, and has been described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, although there are several major differences, including frequency of award, number of awards, age limits, monetary value, and award criteria. According to the annual Academic Excellence Survey by ARWU, the Fields Medal is consistently regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide, and in another reputation survey conducted by IREG in 2013–14, the Fields Medal came closely after the Abel Prize as the second most prestigious international award in mathematics. The prize includes a monetary award which, since 2006, has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roksana Bahramitash
Roksana Bahramitash (born 1956) is an Iranian-born Canadian sociologist, author, and professor. Her work focuses on women, employment and the informal economy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as gender segregation in Islam, and microeconomics. In post-revolution Iran, Bahramitash was working on improving peasant women's literacy and access to economic development resources. Early life and education She was placed second in nationwide Iranian University entrance exams, and attended Universities in Iran where she earned both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Sociology. Bahramitash came to Canada in 1991 to complete her PhD in Sociology from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Bahramitash eventually settled in Montreal, Canada as a citizen, where she has done post-doctoral work at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University in Montreal and Simon Fraser University. Career Bahramitash has held lecturing and research positions at McGill an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran Air
The National Airline of Iran ( fa, هواپیمايی ملی ایران, Havâpeymâyi-ye Melli-ye Irân), branded as Iran Air, is the flag carrier of Iran, which is headquartered at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. As of 2018, it operates scheduled services to 71 destinations in Asia and Europe. Iran Air's main bases are Tehran International Airport and Mehrabad Airport, both situated in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Domestically, Iran Air is commonly known as Homa, which is the name of a mythical Persian phoenix or griffin, and also the acronym of ''Iran National Airlines'' in the Persian language. The airline's cargo division, Iran Air Cargo, operates scheduled services internationally using one cargo aircraft. History Early years Iranian Airways was founded in May 1944 by Reza Afshar and Gholam Ebtehaj. Post-war, its first passenger flight was from Tehran to Mashhad, followed by a Tehran-Esfahan-Shiraz-Bushehr- Abadan-Ahwaz service. In 1946 the airline established service t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farzaneh Sharafbafi
Farzaneh Sharafbafi ( fa, فرزانه_شرفبافی, born 1973) is an Iranian manager and academic who was the Chairwoman and was the CEO of Iran Air. She has taught at Amirkabir University of Technology and Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University The Shahid Sattari University of Aeronautical Engineering or Air University, is Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force's military academy. It was established in 1988 by the IRIAF general Mansour Sattari in Tehran, Iran, due to the necessity of provi .... References Living people 1973 births Academic staff of Amirkabir University of Technology Iranian aerospace engineers Iranian women engineers Academic staff of Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University 21st-century women engineers Iranian women in business Iranian businesspeople {{Iran-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Petrochemical Company
The National Petrochemical Company (NPC) ( fa, شرکت ملی صنایع پتروشیمی, ''Shirkat-e Mili-ye Sânai'-ye Petrushimiy''), a subsidiary to the Iranian Petroleum Ministry, is owned by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is responsible for the development and operation of the country's petrochemical sector. Founded in 1964, NPC began its activities by operating a small fertilizer plant in Shiraz. Today, NPC is the second largest producer and exporter of petrochemicals in the Middle East. Over these years, it has not only expanded the range and volume of its products, but it has also taken steps in areas such as R&D to achieve more self-sufficiency. Two special economic zones on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf have been developed to be home to the NPC's new project. These two zones enjoy a good access to feedstock, infrastructural facilities, local and international markets and skilled manpower. Despite pressure being exerted on the Islamic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marzieh Shah-Daei
Marzieh Shah-Daei ( fa, مرضیه شاهدایی) was the Deputy Minister of Petroleum from 2017 to 2019. As an Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...ian engineer, she was the former Executive Director of National Petrochemical Company, as well as "Vice Minister of Petroleum on Petrochemical affairs" from 2016 to 2017. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah-Daei, Marzieh Living people Iranian women engineers Iranian businesspeople Iranian women in business 1962 births University of Calgary alumni Sharif University of Technology alumni 21st-century women engineers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatemeh Moghimi companies in Iran, and the first Iranian women to enter the business in the field. Moghimi is also the first woman to sit in the board of directors of Tehran chamber of commerce industries Mines and agriculture (TCCIMA), being first elected in 2006.
She headed Iran-Georgia joint Commercial Council as of 2015.
Seyedeh Fatemeh Moghimi ( fa, سیده فاطمه مقیمی) is an Iranian engineer, entrepreneur and political activist affiliated with the Executives of Construction Party. She is a founder and CEO of Sadid Bar International Shipping and Transportation Ltd., one of the largest freight forwarder A freight forwarder, or forwarding agent, is a person or company who, for a fee organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution. References External links ...
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Saba Valadkhan
Saba Valadkhan ( fa, صبا ولدخان) is an Iranian American biomedical scientist, and an Assistant Professor and RNA researcher at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2005, she was awarded the GE / ''Science'' Young Scientist Award for her breakthrough in understanding the mechanism of spliceosomes - "akin to finding the Holy Grail of the splicing catalysis field" - a critical area of research, given that "20 percent or 30 percent of all human genetic diseases are caused by mistakes that the spliceosome makes". Education Valadkhan qualified as a medical doctor at Tehran University of Medial Sciences in Iran in 1996. She moved to America to pursue her Ph.D. at Columbia University, New York. In 2004, she joined as an Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Doctoral research Valadkhan studied the role of small nuclear RNAs in the human spliceosome under the supervision of Prof. James Manley. The main focus of her research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alenush Terian
Ālenush Teriān ( hy, Ալենուշ Տէրեան; fa, آلنوش طریان; also: آلنوش تریان; November 9, 1921 – March 4, 2011) was an Iranian-Armenian astronomer and physicist and is called 'Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy'. Early life She was born on November 9, 1921 to an Armenian family in Tehran, Iran. Her father, ''Arto'', was a stage director, poet and translator (with the pen name ''Arizad'' meaning ''Born to Aryan'') who had translated Shahnameh, from Persian to Armenian. Her mother, Varto Terian, was a stage actress and director. Education Teriān graduated in 1947 in the Science Department of University of Tehran. She began her career in the physics laboratory of this university and was elected the chief of laboratory operations in the same year. She signed for scholarship to study in France but Dr. Hesabi didn't accept it. He believed it's already enough for a woman to study this much. At last she left Iran for France, by her father's financial s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linköpings Universitet
Linköpings may refer to: * Linköpings ASS, Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap is a Swedish swim team * Linköpings FC, an association football club *Linköpings FF Linköpings FF (locally known as ''LFF'') was the premier men's football team in Linköping, Sweden, playing in the Swedish second division. The club is a 1984 merger of BK Derby and IF Saab. And as both these clubs had a one-season spell each in ..., premier men's football team * Linköpings HC, Linköpings Hockey Club See also * Linköping {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
