Sedigheh Vasmaghi

Sedigheh Vasmaghi (Persian: صدیقه وسمقی) is an Iranian lawyer, poet and reformist politician.[1] From 1999 to 2003, she was a member of the City Council of Tehran and served as the first spokesperson of the council.[2] She is described as a "post-Islamist activist and intellectual".[3]

Sedigheh Vasmaghi
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 1999  15 January 2003
Majority210,303 (14.98%)
Personal details
Born1961 (age 5960)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Political partyIslamic Iran Participation Front
ResidenceUppsala, Sweden[1]
Alma materUniversity of Tehran[1]

References

  1. "Dr. Sedigheh Vasmaghi", The International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN), retrieved 5 September 2017
  2. Bill Samii (4 June 2001), "Iran Report", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 4 (21), retrieved 5 September 2017
  3. Badamchi, Meysam (2017). Post-Islamist Political Theory: Iranian Intellectuals and Political Liberalism in Dialogue. Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations. 5. Springer. p. 200. ISBN 9783319594927.
Civic offices
New title
Council founded
Spokesperson of the City Council of Tehran
1999–2003
Succeeded by
Mehdi Chamran


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