Masoumeh Ebtekar
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Portrait of Masoumeh Ebtekar
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Vice President of Iran Head of Department of Environment |
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Assumed office 10 September 2013 |
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| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Javad Mohammadizadeh |
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In office 2 August 1997 – 3 August 2005 |
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| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Hadi Manafi |
| Succeeded by | Fatemeh Javadi |
| Member of the City Council of Tehran | |
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In office 21 January 2007 – 3 September 2013 |
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Niloufar Ebtekar 21 September 1960 Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Islamic Iran Participation Front |
| Spouse(s) | Mohammad Hashemi (m. 1981) |
| Children | Isa (b. 1983) Taha (b. 1986) |
| Relatives | Taghi Ebtekar (Father) Fatemeh Barzegar (Mother) |
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Shahid Beheshti University Tarbiat Modares University |
| Occupation | Politician, Scientist and Journalist |
| Religion | Twelver Shi'a Islam |
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| Website | Official website |
Masoumeh Ebtekar (Persian: معصومه ابتکار; born Niloufar Ebtekar; 21 September 1960) is current Vice President of Iran and head of Environmental Protection Organization, being appointed on 10 September 2013. She has previously held the same office from 2 August 1997 to 3 August 2005, making her the first female Vice President of Iran.
Ebtekar first achieved fame as "Mary", the spokesperson of the students who took hostages and occupied the US Embassy in 1979. Later she became the head of the Environment Protection Organization of Iran during the administration of President Mohammad Khatami, and was a city councilwoman of Tehran from 2007 to 2013.
Ebtekar was born in Tehran as Niloufar Ebtekar in a middle-class family. Her first name translates to "Innocent Water Lily" in English. Ebtekar's father studied at the University of Pennsylvania, and she lived with her parents in Upper Darby of Philadelphia. During her six years in Philadelphia, she developed "near-perfect, American-accented English." Returning to Iran she enrolled in Iranzamin (Tehran International School). Later after graduation as a student, she became a supporter of the political Islam of Ali Shariati and began wearing a traditional black chador covering everything except her face.
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. Ebtekar is married to Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi who is a businessman in the private sector. They have two children.
Ebtekar has served as faculty member at Tarbiat Modares University, which is a post graduate academic center located in Tehran. As an Associate Professor in Immunology, she has taught, supervised and advised PhD and MSc students. Ebtekar currently teaches cytokines, viral immunology, HIV vaccines, aging, immunology of the nervous system and psychoneuroimmunology. She has currently filed 41 ISI scientific articles in the field of immunology in her name. In her speech to the Eleventh International Congress of Immunology in Tehran. She mentioned the detrimental effect of sanctions on the advancement of science in Iran and noted that sanctions should not be directed against nations. Ebtekar is a member of several research board committees and a reviewer for two international and four national immunology journals.
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