List of Iranian women

This is a list of Iranian women, of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both women born in Iran and women that are of the Iranian diaspora.

Nobel laureates

Scientists and engineers

Business

  • Afsaneh Beschloss, former treasurer of the World Bank, entrepreneur, and investor
  • Shahrzad Rafati, CEO of BroadbandTV Corp (BBTV)
  • Sepideh Nasiri, founder of Persian Women In Tech (PWIT)[2]
  • Academia

    Writers and poets

    Actors

    Filmmakers and theatre directors

    Fine arts

    Dance

    Design

    Fashion design

    Journalists

    Musicians

    Athletes

    Politicians

    Royalty

    Activists

    Prisoners and detainees

    Models and beauty pageant titleholders

    Others

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