Azar Mansouri ( fa, آذر منصوری) is an Iranian

reformist Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement. Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can ...

politician. She is a founding member of the

Union of Islamic Iran People Party Union of Islamic Iran People Party ( fa, حزب اتحاد ملت ایران اسلامی, ''Hezb-e Ettehad-e Mellat-e Iran-e Eslami'') is an Iranian reformist political party founded in 2015. Establishment In January 2015, it was confirmed by t ...

and the party's secretary-general. She is also a senior member of the

Islamic Iran Participation Front The Islamic Iran Participation Front ( fa, جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Kho ...

. Mansouri was a campaigner for the

One Million Signatures One Million Signatures for the Repeal of Discriminatory Laws (Persian: ), also known as Change for Equality, is a campaign by women in Iran to collect one million signatures in support of changing discriminatory laws against women in their coun ...

and considered is among the pioneers of Iranian NGOs working for women's rights. She was disqualified for the

2008 Iranian legislative election Legislative elections for Majlis of Iran were held on 14 March 2008, with a second round held on 25 April 2008. Conservatives loyal to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were considered the victors of the election, at least in part because "all the mo ...

and arrested following the post-election protests in 2009.

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Living people 1964 births Islamic Iran Participation Front politicians Union of Islamic Iran People Party politicians Iranian city councillors People from Varamin Iranian women's rights activists {{Iran-politician-stub