List of Iranian women
This is a list of Iranian women, of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both women born in Iran and women that are of the Iranian diaspora.
Nobel laureates
- Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Laureate
- Nargess Mohmaadi, 2023 Nobel Laureate
Business
- Afsaneh Beschloss, former treasurer of the World Bank, entrepreneur, and investor
- Shahrzad Rafati, CEO of BroadbandTV Corp
- Sepideh Nasiri, founder of Persian Women In Tech
- Sheherazade Semsar-de Boisséson, founding CEO of POLITICO Europe, CEO of McCourt Global
- Maryam Rofougaran, CEO and co-founder of Innovent Systems, Inc. and Movandi. Member of the CNBC CEO Council
Filmmakers and theatre directors
Musicians
Activists
Models and beauty pageant titleholders
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author and public speaker, and former Miss World Canada
- Ramona Amiri, Miss World Canada 2005, first runner up in Miss Universe Canada 2007 pageant
- Sahar Biniaz, Miss Universe Canada 2012
- Aylar Lie, Iranian-born Norwegian actress, model, singer, former pornographic actress
- Melika Razavi, Miss Iran 2016, Miss Global Fitness2016 and Miss Power Woman 2017; also a professional poker player and magician
- Shermine Shahrivar, Miss Germany in 2004 and then won the overall title of Miss Europe in 2005 while competing in France
- Samantha Tajik, Miss Universe Canada 2008
- Hami Zaker, Miss Earth Iran 2021, first Iranian delegate in the Big Four international beauty pageants
Others
- Atousa Pourkashiyan, chess grandmaster
- Behnaz Mozakka, died in 7 July 2005 London bombings
- Effat Tejaratchi, first Iranian woman to fly an airplane
- Fateme Asadi, first Iranian 'martyr' women whose body was found during post-war explorations.
- Ladan and Laleh Bijani, conjoined twins
- Qudsiyyih Khanum Ashraf, Bahá'i teacher and midwife
- Raheleh Tahmasbi, women sea captain from Iran and West Asia.
- Sahar Khodayari, attempted to enter a sporting stadium disguised as a man in March 2019; she died by suicide
- Shadi Paridar, chess grandmaster