Fatemeh Karroubi

Fatemeh Karroubi
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1996 – 28 May 2000
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority274,339 (30.5%)[1]
Personal details
Born (1949-05-18) 18 May 1949 (age 75)
Aligudarz, Lorestan Province, Iran
Political partyNational Trust Party
Other political
affiliations
SpouseMehdi Karroubi
Children4
Residence(s)Tehran, Iran

Fatemeh Karroubi (Persian: فاطمه کروبی; born 18 May 1949) is an Iranian politician and activist. She is the wife of Mehdi Karroubi, a politician, Shia cleric, chairman of the National Trust Party and a candidate for President of Iran during the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections. Fatemeh Karroubi campaigned openly with her husband during the 2009 presidential campaign, drawing comparisons to another high-profile political spouse, Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of Mir Hossein Mousavi.[2] Candidates campaigning openly with their wives had previously been a rare occurrence within the Islamic Republic of Iran since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[2]

  1. ^ "Members". Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  2. ^ a b Eqbali, Aresu (2009-05-29). "Iranian women need more rights: candidate's wife". AFP. Google News. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved 2009-06-25.