Jamileh Kadivar ( fa, جمیله کدیور) is an

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politician and a former member of parliament.

Biography

Kadivar was born in

Fasa Fasa ( fa, فسا, Fasā, also Romanized as Fassa) is a city and capital of Fasa County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 110,825, in 33,379 families. Fasa is the fourth most populous city of the province. The city date ...

, a town near

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in southern Iran. She attended school in Shiraz until she was 16 years old, when she moved to Tehran to get married. Her spouse is former

Minister of Culture of Iran The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance ( fa, وزارت فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی, ''Vâzart-e Ferheng-e vâ Arshad-e Eslâmi'') ("Ministry of CIG") is the Ministry of Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is responsible ...

Ata'ollah Mohajerani Sayyid Ata'ollah Mohajerani ( fa, سید عطاءالله مهاجرانی, also Romanized as Atā'ollāh Mohājerāni; born 24 July 1954) is an Iranian journalist, author, and reformist politician. Mohajerani served as Minister of Culture and Is ...

and they have four children. Her brother is well-known Muslim scholar

Mohsen Kadivar Mohsen Kadivar ( fa, محسن کدیور; born June 8, 1959) is a mujtahid, Islamic theologian, philosopher, writer, leading intellectual reformist, and research professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. A political Iranian dissident, Kadi ...

. She was one of the attendees of the

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and in November 2000 went on trial for taking part in anti-government and anti-Islamic activities.

References

External links

Kadivar's Persian weblog
Iranian women writers Living people Iranian women academics Iranian reformists Members of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly Tehran Councillors 1999–2003 Members of the Women's fraction of Islamic Consultative Assembly 1963 births University of Tehran alumni {{Iran-politician-stub