938: Fereshteh Forough Founder, CEO, & President of Code to Inspire Born: 1985, Iran* Code to Inspire is the first school to teach girls coding in Afghanistan. Fereshteh is an education advocate for gender equality and women’s empowerment in developing countries. Fereshteh is one of eight children. Her family left Afghanistan after the Soviet Invasion…
“Atefah used to say the moon won’t always stay behind the clouds – and she was right.” -Atefah’s father, Safer Ali 887: Atefeh Sahaaleh The Fight for Human Rights is Far from Over Born: 21 September 1987, Neka, Iran Died: 15 August 2004, Neka, Iran Atefah was executed at the age of sixteen after being…
454: Leyla Mafi Child Prostitute Sentenced to Death and Flogged in Iran Born: c.1991, Iran Iran remains the last country that still allows children to be executed.When Leyla was sentenced in 2004 she was still a teenager under the age of eighteen. Tehran reaffirmed their decision to execute her for having illegal sex—At the time…
These are the People born in the country of Iran, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map or a person born in that region before Iran came to be. Entries: Atefah Sahaaleh, Executed By Her Government For Crimes Against Chastity–Even Though She was a Rape Victim Fereshteh Forough, CEO…
366: Maryam Mirzakhani Mathematician and Professor at Stanford University Born: 12 May 1977, Tehran, Iran Died: 15 July 2017, Palo Alto, California, United States of America Maryam was the first woman and the first Iranian to be awarded the Fields Medal. The award, which was first presented in 1936, is known as the Nobel of…