Azar Majedi ( fa, آذر ماجدی ) is an Iranian
communist activist, writer, chairperson of the ''Organization for Women's Liberation'' and one of the leaders of the
Worker-Communist Party of Iran. She has opposed the current regime ruling Iran since returning from her education abroad to oppose the regime in 1978, a movement she has described as 'just'.
Majedi was born in Iran to an atheist father and a Muslim mother.
Political views
Majedi describes herself as a Marxist and Worker-communist. An atheist from the age of 12, she has described Islam as "a very misogynist ideology". In another interview Majedi expressed the view that although racism towards Muslims is ripe and natural, 'Islamophobia' is "an invented concept trying to silence the world to criticize Islam or Islamic movement".
Personal life
Majedi was married to
Mansoor Hekmat
Mansoor Hekmat ( fa, منصور حکمت, born Zhoobin Razani fa, ژوبین رازانی; June 4, 1951 - July 4, 2002) was an Iranian Marxist theorist, revolutionary and leader of the Worker-communist movement. He opposed the Shah and, after the ...
. Together they have three children.
References
External links
Azar Majedion
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Worker-Communist Unity Party of IranRadio For A Better WorldInterview with Azar Majedi
Iranian activists
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Iranian women activists
Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United Kingdom
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Iranian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Worker-communist Party of Iran politicians
21st-century Iranian women politicians
21st-century Iranian politicians
Worker-communism Unity Party of Iran politicians
Iranian communists
Iranian dissidents
20th-century Iranian women politicians
20th-century Iranian politicians
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