Zahra Behrouz Azar
Zahra Behrouz Azar | |
|---|---|
زهرا بهروز آذر | |
 Behrouz-Azar in 2025 | |
| Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs | |
| Assumed office 10 August 2024 | |
| President | Masoud Pezeshkian |
| Preceded by | Ensieh Khazali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) |
| Party | Union of Islamic Iran People Party |
| Spouse | Pedram Alvandi |
| Alma mater | Tehran University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Zahra Behrouz Azar (Persian: زهرا بهروز آذر; born 1981) is an Iranian researcher, entrepreneur and politician serving as the vice president of Iran for women and family affairs since 2024, in the government of Masoud Pezeshkian.[1]
Career
During the administration of Pirouz Hanachi in Tehran Municipality, she was the head of the General Department of Women's Affairs of Tehran Municipality and before that, she was the head of Tehran's Urban Statistics and Monitoring Center. She has a doctorate in entrepreneurship development from Tehran University.
In June 2025 she said that in Iran the rate of violence and spousal abuse against women was 30 times higher than the rate against men.[2]
In May 2026, she criticized Iran's government for having restricted international internet access in Iran during the 2026 Iran War that began on February 28, 2026, saying that a digital economy cannot be sustained without internet access.[3]
References
- ↑ انتصاب دکتر زهرا بهروز آذر به سمت معاون امور زنان و خانواده رئیس جمهور
- ↑ "December 2025 Report: A Year in Review: Iranian Women’s Resistance Against Religious Dictatorship," WNCRI, January 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Iran's vice president criticises continued internet restrictions her own government put in place," MSN, May 18, 2026.