Monireh Gorji
Monireh Gorji (Persian: منیره گرجی) is an Iranian teacher[3] and mujtahid.[2] She was the only woman to be elected to the 73-seats Assembly of Experts for Constitution in 1979.[3]
Monireh Gorji | |
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| Member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution | |
| In office 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979 | |
| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 1,313,731 (52.02%)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1930 (age 90–91)[2] Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Islamic Republican Party[3] |
| Alma mater | Khadijeh Kobra Seminary[2] |
| Occupation | Teacher |
References
- Ervand Abrahamian (1989), "To The Masses", Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6, ISBN 9781850430773
- Keiko Sakurai (2012). "Shi'ite Women's Seminaries (howzehye 'elmiyyeh-ye khahran) in Iran: Possibilities and Limitations". Iranian Studies. 45 (6): 738–739. doi:10.1080/00210862.2012.726846.
- Afkhami, Mahnaz; Friedl, Erika (1994). In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran. Syracuse University Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 9780815626336.
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