[16], In 2013 Ebtekar was elected as the President of the 12th International Congress of Immunology. 1978-79 was also part of that struggle but it went seriously wrong.”. “you’d know Khomeini started off as a far-right politician. [26], Ebtekar's appointment led to the revelation of her past, and in the US questions were raised about whether President Khatami was aware of "how deeply" the hostage-taking and holding, and anger towards its foremost public defender, "affected both the American government and the American people. In a bid to stem the spread, Iran’s Foreign ministry held an online-only news conference today in which spokesman Abbas Mousavi dismissed an offer of help by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. [64] After leaving her government position in 2005, Ebtekar has spoken as inaugural or keynote speaker at many international events. He was preaching against the White Revolution in 1962 and his positions were on the extreme of the religious spectrum. The book, published in 2012 by Ashgate, provides an objective perspective on the conditions of women in Iran. A spokesperson for the UK’s Foreign Office said: ‘Essential staff needed to continue critical work will remain. Under the political section of this yearbook, Ebtekar is described as "a considerable force in the reformist movement in Iran". In 1981, Ebtekar became the editor-in-chief of the English daily newspaper Kayhan International, selected by Khatami who was then the representative of Ayatollah Khomeini in Kayhan Institute. We'll assume you're ok with this, you can view our, Masih Alinejad’s brother sentenced to eight years in Iran, U.S. blacklists Chinese entities, individuals for dealing with Iran, Rouhani says Iran’s enemies invest in internal disputes, Iran says will sell more arms than buy after embargo lifted, Iran will soon return to talks -White House advisor, Fresh row over sanctions as record haul of smuggled drugs seized on Iran-Iraq border. [72] On 1 August 2017, Ebtekar announced that she will be leaving her current position after the end of the first Rouhani government. [63] She has also published a collection of her essays and speeches on the environment and sustainable development, called Natural Peace. You would think people would have more understanding after 40 years.”. She held the same level of office from 2013 to 2017. 162–3. Iran: Sister Mary and her hostage, 38 years later In a recent tweet, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, said Ayatollah Khomeini had “spread democracy and stood against autocracy and world domination”. "[29] In her memoirs published as the "Grapes of Shahrivar", Ebtekar repeatedly refers to her cordial and official contacts with not only Western Ambassadors, but also many European Ministers and Presidents as well. Tensions between the two countries have been at their highest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution after an American drone strike in Baghdad killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. In a phone conversation on the morning of February 3, I asked him what he felt about it. As with many conversations about Iran, we end up talking about the future. He came back in 1964 as a Peace Corps volunteer and later in the decade as an English instructor at Shiraz’s much-lauded Pahlavi University, which was being built up in partnership with the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania. After Hassan Rouhani elected as President of Iran, Ebtekar who supported Rouhani openly, was one of the candidates for the Ministry of Science. I asked the ambassador, who had a high-ranking position during the Obama administration, about his reflections on the legacy of the revolution for Iran. [citation needed], Ebtekar served as a moderator in June 2008 at the International "Women, Equality and Peace" Conference held in Oslo, Norway. [68], In 2009, the New York Times described her as "informally represent[ing] the views of many of the former hostage-takers", supporting "engagement with the West" and a renewal of the "original ideals of the revolution, including justice and freedom," which many of her peers believe have been abandoned by the current regime.[69]. Spokesperson for 1979 Iran hostage crisis, Iranian politician, President of the 12th International Congress of Immunology, Early activism and role in the Hostage Crisis, Bowden, Mark, Guests of the Ayatollah , Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006, pp. She held office as the deputy to Shahla Habibi, head of the 'Bureau of Women's Affairs' under administration Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the 1990s, and was reportedly the "main driving-force" behind the office.[25]. “Most people, when asked to evaluate a situation, look at themselves and their close associates. [8] She has currently filed 66 ISI scientific articles in the field of immunology in Scopus in her name. At today’s conference Mousavi said: ‘We neither count on such help nor are we ready to accept verbal help.’. Also among the country’s infected officials is Iraj Harirchi, head of an Iranian government task force on the coronavirus who tried to downplay the virus before falling ill. Other high profile patients include Vice President for women and family affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar, better known as ‘Sister Mary’. “They can’t even take responsibility for it. It added: ‘Noura is a freelance writer and is not an employee of Al-Bayan nor does she represent the publication’s views. The English-speaking spokeswoman for the students who seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and sparked the 444-day hostage crisis. Ebtekar spoke in the opening ceremony and introduced Rolf Zinkernagel, the Nobel Laureate for Medicine, as the guest of honour.[17]. "[22] Ebtekar holds a BSc degree in laboratory science from Shahid Beheshti University, a MSc and PhD in immunology from Tarbiat Modares University in 1995, where she still teaches. For example, one person wrote: “It was US that wanted the Shah to leave and Khomeini to come.
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