Monireh Gorji

Monireh Gorji
Monireh Gorji
Member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution Iran
	In office; 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
Constituency	Tehran Province
Majority	1,313,731 (52.02%)
Personal details
Born	c. 1930 (age 93–94); Tehran, Iran
Political party	Islamic Republican Party
Alma mater	Khadijeh Kobra Seminary
Occupation	Teacher

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] The Assembly of Experts is a framework of Iran that is responsible for electing and overseeing the Supreme Leader.

Works and contributions

Gorji's works and contributions have been part of different articles and academic sources, such as a 1980 article titled "Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran". She has also contributed to Islamic Feminism in Iran, requoting and highlighting the importance of women rights and roles in accordance to the Holy Quran.

References

^ Ervand Abrahamian (1989), "To The Masses", Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6, ISBN 9781850430773
^ ^a ^b ^c 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. S2CID 145253872.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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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[1] Ervand Abrahamian (1989), "To The Masses", Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6, ISBN 9781850430773

[KS-2] 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. S2CID 145253872.

[ites-3] 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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