Monireh Gorji

Monireh Gorji
Member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office
15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
Constituency Tehran Province
Majority 1,313,731 (52.02%)[1]
Personal details
Born c. 1930 (age 87–88)[2]
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Islamic Republican Party[3]
Alma mater Khadijeh Kobra Seminary[2]
Occupation Teacher

Monireh Gorji (Persian: منیره گرجی‎) is an Iranian teacher[3] and mujtahid.[2] She was the only woman to be elected to the 73-seats Assembly of Experts for Constitution in 1979.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. 1 2 3 Keiko Sakurai (2012). "Shi'ite Women's Seminaries (howzehye 'elmiyyeh-ye khahran) in Iran: Possibilities and Limitations". Iranian Studies. 45 (6): 738–739. doi:10.1080/00210862.2012.726846.
  3. 1 2 3 Afkhami, Mahnaz; Friedl, Erika (1994). In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran. Syracuse University Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 9780815626336.
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