Oriental Rugs the O'Connell Notes

Notes on Mrs. Zahra Rahnavard Ph.D

Mrs. Zahra Rahnavard Ph.D, was a Professor of art and political science at several Universities prior to becoming the first Iranian woman named university chancellor in revolutionary period. She became chancellor of al-Zahra university Iran's women's University in 1998

Rahnavard is the mother of three girls and her husband is Mir-Hossein Moussavi a former prime minister of Iran who is spoken of as a leading candidate for the Presidency in 2005.

JBOC: 1998 - Zahra Rahnavard named university chancellor in Tehran

http://www.adventuredivas.com/divas/article.view?page=270

Chancellor: Mrs. Zahra Rahnavard Ph.D, an author, an activist in politician, a sculptor, is the professor of the following graduate courses at Alzahra University: The History of Art, Sculpture, Political Sciences. Currently, she is an adviser to the president of IRI. Dr. Zahra Rahnavard has an undergraduate degree in Sculpture and a graduate degree in the Research of Arts as well as a master and Ph.D in Political Sciences. She has written several publications, books and articles on art, literature plus women and political issues. She has also created several artistic works such as paintings, sculptures which are exhibited in museums and city squares. http://www.azzahra.ac.ir/aboutuni-body.htm.