Masoumeh Ebtekar
Iranian politician, spokeswoman during the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Masoumeh Ebtekar (Persian: معصومه ابتکار; born Masoumeh, Niloufar Ebtekar; 21 September 1960) is an Iranian politician, journalist and scientist. She was born in Tehran.
From 2007 to 2013, Ebtekar was a member of the Tehran City Council. She was Vice President of Iran and Head of the Department of Environment[1] from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, she became Vice President for Women and Family Affairs.[2] In 2006 Ebtekar received the UN Champion of the Earth Award.[3]
During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran, Ebtekar had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in March.[4]
Ebtekar is currently full Professor of Immunology at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran.[5] She also heads the non governmental Center for Peace and Environment.[6]
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