Zohreh Sadeghi (Persian: زهره صادقی; born 1950) is the wife of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and a niece of the Lebanese leader of the Amal Movement Musa al-Sadr.

Career

In 1999, together with wives of other government officials, Sadeghi founded the Behafarin Farda charity entity and serves as its president.[1]

Her most important political presence was in 2008 and during the Gaza War. Ten days before Azam Farahi wrote a letter to the First Lady of Egypt Suzanne Mubarak, Sadeghi got in contact with Moza bint Nasser to call on governments and nations to support the Palestinian people.[2]

She has been vocal about her support of women's rights in Iran, citing discrimination against women as a serious obstacle to achieving hidden potentials.[3][4]

Personal life

Sadeghi's mother was the sister of Musa al-Sadr. Her father Ali Akbar Sadeghi was a lecturer at Shahid Beheshti University for 38 years and died in 2014. Sadeq Tabatabaei and Fatemeh Tabatabaei (wife of Ahmad Khomeini) were Zohreh Sadeghi's maternal first cousins.[1]

Sadeghi married Mohammad Khatami in 1974. The couple have two daughters and one son: Laila (born 1975), Narges (born 1980), and Emad (born 1988). All their children are reported to be living outside Iran.[1]

References

Honorary titles
Preceded byas wife of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Spouse of the President of Iran
1997–2005
Succeeded byas wife of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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