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 Shirin Ebadi ( fa, شيرين عبادى, Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian political activist, lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi wa ...

(born 1947), 2003 Nobel Laureate (Peace)

Scientists and engineers

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Business

Academia

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Writers and poets

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Actors

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Filmmakers and theatre directors

Fine arts

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Dance

Design

Fashion design

Journalists

Musicians

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Athletes

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Politicians

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Royalty

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Activists

Prisoners and detainees

Models and beauty pageant

Others

Atousa Pourkashiyan Atousa Pourkashiyan ( fa, آتوسا پورکاشیان; born 16 May 1988) is an Iranian-American chess player. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded her in 2009. Pourkashiyan is Seven-time Iranian Chess Championship#Wome ...

(born 1988), chess grandmaster *

Behnaz Mozakka The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorism, Islamic terrorists in London that targeted commuters travelling on Transport in London, the city's ...

, died in

7 July 2005 London bombings The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorists in London that targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the mo ...

Effat Tejaratchi Effat Tejaratchi (Persian: عفت تجارتچی ''effat tejāratchi''; 1917–1999) was the first Iranian woman aviator. She was the first Iranian woman to fly an airplane. Reza Shah Pahlavi ordered the founding of the Iranian Aero Club (Nowaday ...

(1917–1999), first Iranian woman to fly an airplane * Fateme Asadi (1960 – 1984), first Iranian 'martyr' women whose body was found during post-war explorations. *

Ladan and Laleh Bijani Ladan and Laleh Bijani ( Persian: ; 17 January 1974 – 8 July 2003) were Iranian conjoined twin sisters. They were joined at the head and died soon after their complicated surgical separation. Coincidentally, the twins were born a century t ...

(1974–2003), conjoined twins *

Qudsiyyih Khanum Ashraf Qudsiyyih Khanum Ashraf (22 November 1889 – 16 April 1976), also known as Qodṣiya Maryam Ašraf or Ghodsia Ashraf Khanum, was an Iranian religious educator; she is considered one of the first Iranian women to be educated in the United States ...

(1889–1976), Bahá'i teacher and midwife *

Sahar Khodayari Sahar Khodayari ( fa, سحر خدایاری; ; c. 1990 – 9 September 2019), also known as Blue Girl was an Iranian fan of Esteghlal F.C. In March 2019, she attempted to enter the male-only Azadi Stadium disguised as a man to watch a match playe ...

(c.1990–2019), attempted to enter a sporting stadium disguised as a man in March 2019; she died by suicide *

Shadi Paridar Shadi Paridar ( fa, شادی پریدر ; born 2 July 1986) is an Iranian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM), who won Iranian Women Chess Championship four times. She won the Asian Under-16 Girls' Championship i ...

(born 1986), chess grandmaster

References

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