Zohreh Sadeghi

Zohreh Sadeghi (Persian: زهره صادقی; 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.

Zohreh Sadeghi
زهره صادقی
Spouse of the President of Iran
In role 3 August 1997 – 3 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Effat Marashi
Succeeded by	Azam al-Sadat Farahi
Personal details
Born	c. 1950 (age 74–75) Qom, Imperial State of Iran
Spouse	Mohammad Khatami ​ (m. 1974)​
Children	3
Relatives	Musa al-Sadr (uncle) Sadeq Tabatabaei (cousin)

Career

In 1999, together with wives of other government officials, Sadeghi founded the Behafarin Farda charity entity and serves as its president.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

Personal life

Sadeghi's mother was the sister of Musa al-Sadr. 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.^[1]

Sadeghi married Mohammad Khatami in 1974. 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.^[1]