Azam Taleghani

Azam Taleghani
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984
Constituency Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority 1,108,653 (51.9%)
Personal details
Born 1944 (age 73–74)
Tehran, Iran
Political party Women Association of Islamic Revolution[1]
Other political
affiliations		 Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran
Relations Vahideh Taleghani (sister)
Father Mahmoud Taleghani
Profession Journalist

Azam Taleghani (Persian: اعظم طالقانی‎) is an Iranian politician and journalist, born in 1944, is the head of the Society of Islamic Revolution Women of Iran,[2] editor of Payam Hajar Weekly, and a former member of the Iranian parliament.[3]

Born in Iran, Taleghani is the daughter of Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani. She served time in prison during the Pahlavi regime.[4] After the Iranian Revolution she was a member of the Iranian parliament, founded "Jame'e Zanan Mosalman" (Society of Muslim women), and published Payam e Hajar Weekly, an Islamic journal about women and women's rights.[3] In 2003 she protested against the death of Zahra Kazemi.[2][5] Both in 2001 and 2009, Taleghani submitted her candidacy for Iran's presidential elections, but, like all women's candidacies, her candidacy was rejected by Iran's Guardian Council .[6][7]

Electoral history

YearElectionVotes%RankNotes
1979Assembly of Experts132,4305.2417th Lost[8]
1980Parliament1,108,65351.916th Won[9]
1997President N/A Disqualified[10]
1999City Council of Tehran Disqualified[10]
2001President Disqualified[11]
2005President Disqualified[10]
2009President Disqualified[12]
2017President Disqualified[12]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Iran: Sit-in by Azam Taleghani in front of Evin prison
  3. 1 2 فرخ‌زاد، پوران (Pooran Farrokhzad). کارنمای زنان کارای ایران (از دیروز تا امروز). تهران: نشر قطره، ۱۳۸۱، ISBN 9643411168، 533.
  4. ↑ همایش یکصدمین سال تولد مهندس بازرگان
  5. ↑ تحصن اعظم طالقانی در مقابل زندان اوین Archived June 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ گفتگوی خبرنگاران ترک با اعظم طالقانی Archived June 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ اعظم طالقانی کاندیدای جدید ریاست جمهوری
  8. ↑ Ervand Abrahamian (1989), "To The Masses", Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6, ISBN 9781850430773
  9. ↑ "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 89
  10. 1 2 3 "Iran Election Bulletin", National Democratic Institute, 1 (6), 8 May 2009, retrieved 18 June 2017
  11. ↑ Tara Povey (2016). Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 9781134779895.
  12. 1 2 "Iranians Make A Run For It, But They're Already Out Of The Presidential Race". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.



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