This is a list of Iranian women, of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both women born in Iran and women who are of the Iranian diaspora.
Nobel laureates Shirin Ebadi (born 1947), 2003 Nobel laureate (Nobel Peace Prize) Narges Mohammadi (born 1972), 2023 Nobel laureate (Nobel Peace Prize)
Scientists and engineers
Academia
Activists
Prisoners and detainees
Actresses
Filmmakers and theatre directors
Models and beauty pageant titleholders Nazanin Afshin-Jam (born 1979), Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author and public speaker, and Miss World Canada 2003 Ramona Amiri (born 1980), Iranian-Canadian Miss World Canada 2005, first runner up in Miss Universe Canada 2007 Sara Nicole Andersen (born 1992), Norwegian-Iranian Miss Universe Norway 2012 Sahar Biniaz (born 1985), Persian-Canadian Miss Universe Canada 2012 Mahlagha Jaberi (born 1989), Iranian-American influencer and Instagram model Aylar Lie (born 1984), Iranian-born Norwegian actress, model, singer, former pornographic actress Leyla Milani (born 1982), Iranian-Canadian-American model, TV host and retired actress Melika Razavi (born 1989), Iranian-South African Miss Iran 2016, Miss Global Fitness 2016, and Miss Power Woman 2017; also a professional poker player and magician Roxana Saberi (born 1977), American Miss North Dakota 1997, journalist for CBS News, imprisoned in Evin Prison and sentenced to 8-year prison term under accusations of espionage, released after 101 days Shermine Shahrivar (born 1982), Iranian-German Miss Germany 2004 and Miss Europe 2005 Sadaf Taherian (born 1988), model and actress; based in Turkey Samantha Tajik (born 1983), Iranian-Canadian Miss Universe Canada 2008 Hami Zaker (born 1994), Miss Earth 2021, first Iranian delegate in the Big Four international beauty pageants
Musicians
Dance
Fine arts
Design
Fashion design
Journalists
Writers and poets
Business
Athletes
Politicians
Royalty
Others Einat Admony (born 1971), Israeli-American chef, restaurateur, author and television personality Fateme Asadi (1960–1984), labeled first Iranian 'martyr', her body was found during post-Iran–Iraq War explorations Qudsiyyih Khanum Ashraf (1889–1976), Bahá'i teacher and midwife Shohreh Bayat (born 1987), international chess arbiter for FIDE, awarded an International Women of Courage Award for being a champion for women’s rights, based in England Ladan and Laleh Bijani (1974–2003), conjoined twins Dorsa Derakhshani (born 1998), Iranian-American chess player and medical student; Woman Grandmaster and International Master; moved to the U.S. after being banned from the Iranian national chess team for not wearing a hijab during a tournament Sahar Khodayari (c.1990–2019), attempted to enter a sporting stadium disguised as a man in; she died by suicide Behnaz Mozakka, died in 7 July 2005 London bombings Sheila Nazarian (born 1989), Iranian-American plastic surgeon and television personality Shadi Paridar (born 1986), chess player, Woman Grandmaster Atousa Pourkashiyan (born 1988), Iranian-American chess player; Woman Grandmaster Effat Tejaratchi (1917–1999), first Iranian woman to fly an airplane Badri Teymourtash (1908–1995), first female Iranian doctor; founder of School of Dentistry, Mashad University; sister of Abdolhossein Teymourtash
See also
List of spouses of the president of Iran List of royal consorts of Iran
References