Masoumeh Ebtekar

Masoumeh Ebtekar (Persian: معصومه ابتکار‎; born 8 July 1960) is an Iranian scientist, journalist and politician. She is currently the director of Peace and Environment Center in Tehran.

Ebtekar first achieved fame as the spokeswoman of the students who had occupied the US Embassy in 1979. Later she became the first female Vice President of Iran, the head of the Environment Protection Organization of Iran during the administration of President Mohammad Khatami, and is currently a city councilwoman of Tehran. She is a founding member of the Iranian reformist political party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front.

Originally known as Niloufar Ebtekar, she changed her public name sometime after the hostage crisis to Massoumeh. Ebtekar is married to Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi who has been only active in the private sector for more than two decades, and they have two children.

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