14 Facts About Fatemeh Karroubi

Fatemeh Karroubi is an Iranian politician and activist.

Fatemeh Karroubi is the wife of Mehdi Karroubi, a politician, Shia cleric, chairman of the National Trust Party and a candidate for President of Iran during the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections.

Fatemeh Karroubi campaigned openly with her husband during the 2009 presidential campaign, drawing comparisons to another high-profile political spouse, Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Fatemeh Karroubi was born into a merchant family in Aligoudarz, a city located in the western portion of Lorestan province.

Fatemeh Karroubi first met and married her husband, Mehdi Karroubi, in Aligoudarz when she was 14 years old.

Fatemeh Karroubi's husband entered the political sphere, which brought him into opposition with the government of then Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Mehdi Fatemeh Karroubi was imprisoned on several occasions during the 1970s.

At one point, Fatemeh Karroubi brought the couple's second son, Taghi Karroubi, who was six months old at the time, to the Qasr Prison in Tehran to meet his father for the first time.

Fatemeh Karroubi served as an advisor to her husband on social affairs and social issues when he served as the chairman of the Majlis of Iran from 2000 until 2004.

Fatemeh Karroubi served as the deputy minister for social affairs in the government of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami during his time in office.

The couple's second son, Taghi Fatemeh Karroubi, worked with his parents as one of his father's campaign managers.

Fatemeh Karroubi publishes a magazine for Iranian women called, Irandokht.

Fatemeh Karroubi has been critical of government policies towards women in Iran.

Fatemeh Karroubi criticized the lack of female candidates for political office in the run-up to the 2009 Iranian elections.