Zohreh Sadeghi

Former

Birth Year 1950

Birthplace Qom, Iran

Age 74 years old

Nationality Iran

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1950

Zohreh Sadeghi (born 1950) is the wife of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and a niece of the Lebanese leader of the Amal Movement Musa al-Sadr.

1974

Sadeghi married Mohammad Khatami in 1974.

1975

The couple have two daughters and one son: Laila (born 1975), Narges (born 1980), and Emad (born 1988).

All their children are reported to be living outside Iran.

1999

In 1999, together with wives of other government officials, Sadeghi founded the Behafarin Farda charity entity and serves as its president.

2008

Her most important political presence was in 2008 and during the Gaza War.

Ten days before Azam Farahi wrote a letter to the First Lady of Egypt Suzanne Mubarak, Sadeghi got in contact with Moza bint Nasser to call on governments and nations to support the Palestinian people.

She has been vocal about her support of women's rights in Iran, citing discrimination against women as a serious obstacle to achieving hidden potentials.

Sadeghi's mother was the sister of Musa al-Sadr.

2014

Her father Ali Akbar Sadeghi was a lecturer at Shahid Beheshti University for 38 years and died in 2014.

Sadeq Tabatabaei and Fatemeh Tabatabaei (wife of Ahmad Khomeini) were Zohreh Sadeghi's maternal first cousins.