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Rouhani in 2013
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Born | Sahebeh Arabi |
Nationality | Iranian |
Known for | Spouse of President of Iran |
Spouse(s) | Hassan Rouhani (m. 1968) |
Children | 5 |
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Sahebeh Rouhani (née Arabi) is the wife of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
She is the daughter of Abdolazim Arabi and Sareh-Khaton Peyvandi. Sareh-Khaton Peyvandi is also Rouhani's aunt, and died on 22 March 2016. She was married with Hassan Rouhani, a clerical student at the time in 1968. The couple had 5 children, the eldest of whom died in 1992. She does not participate in politics and spends her time engaged in charitable affairs. In July 2014, she started the construction of ten kindergartens.