Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini

Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini
Syeda Mostafavi in November 2018
Born (1940-11-13) 13 November 1940 (age 84)
NationalityIranian
Spouse
Mahmoud Boroujerdi
(m. 1962; died 2010)
ChildrenLeili
Masih
RelativesRuhollah Khomeini (father)
Khadijeh Saqafi (mother)
In the conference of "Commemoration of Lady of Islamic Republic", April 2015.

Sayyida Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini (Persian: زهرا مصطفوی خمینی; born 13 November 1940) is an Iranian politician and educator. The daughter of Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranian Revolution and subsequent Supreme Leader of Iran, Mostafavi was awarded a PhD in philosophy from the University of Tehran, where she subsequently taught.[1][2] Mostafavi has been called the "most prominent" of Khomeini's three daughters, and has become a prominent supporter of women's rights in Iran in addition to Palestinian causes.[3]

  1. ^ Mankind’s Need for Religion and Spirituality, Zahra Mostafavi Archived February 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 23 August 2009 [dead link]
  2. ^ "Iran daily". Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Khamenei vs. Khomeini" by Ali Reza Eshraghi Archived August 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, 20 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009