Zohreh Sadeghi

Zohreh Sadeghi is the wife of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and a niece of the Lebanese leader of the Amal Movement Musa al-Sadr.

Career

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

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 were Zohreh Sadeghi's maternal first cousins.
Sadeghi married Mohammad Khatami in 1974. The couple have two daughters and one son: Laila, Narges, and Emad. All their children are reported to be living outside Iran.