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| Formed | 11 May 2013 |
| Jurisdiction | Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| Website | women |
Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs is a cabinet-level position in Iran, headed by one of the vice presidents.
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| Formed | 11 May 2013 |
| Jurisdiction | Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | women |
Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs is a cabinet-level position in Iran, headed by one of the vice presidents.
Before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, only a woman served in a similar capacity. Mahnaz Afkhami assumed office as the government minister responsible for women's affairs under administration of Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda. [1]
Shahla Habibi was appointed as the head of newly-established 'Office of Women's Affairs' [2] and advisor in 1991. [3] Her deputy Masoumeh Ebtekar, was reportedly the "main driving-force" behind the office. [2] The office was renamed to the 'Centre for Women's Participation Affairs' under administration Mohammad Khatami and remained an advisor position, with Zahra Shojaei was appointed as its head. [2] Under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the office was renamed to the 'Center for Women and Family Affairs' in 2005, a change that signaled the conservative attitude towards the women. [2] Nasrin Soltankhah, Zohreh Tabibzadeh-Nouri and Maryam Mojtahedzadeh served in the capacity of heading the office until 2013, when the officeholder was promoted to a Vice President. [4]
| Name | Office | Time in office | Appointer |
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| Mahnaz Afkhami | Minister without Portfolio for Women's Affairs | 1976–1978 | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
| Shahla Habibi | Office of Women's Affairs | 1991–1997 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Zahra Shojaei | Center for Women's Participation Affairs | 1997–2005 | Mohammad Khatami |
| Nasrin Soltankhah | Center for Women and Family Affairs | 2005–2006 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Zohreh Tabibzadeh-Nouri | 2006–2009 | ||
| Maryam Mojtahedzadeh | 2009–2013 |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Affiliation | President | ||
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| 1 |  | Maryam Mojtahedzadeh | 27 July 2013 | 8 October 2013 | — | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | |
| 2 |  | Shahindokht Molaverdi | 8 October 2013 | 9 August 2017 | Islamic Iran Participation Front | Hassan Rouhani | |
| 3 |  | Masoumeh Ebtekar | 9 August 2017 | 1 September 2021 | |||
| 4 |  | Ensieh Khazali | 1 September 2021 | 10 August 2024 | — | Ebrahim Raisi | |
| 5 |  | Zahra Behrouz Azar | 10 August 2024 | incumbent | Union of Islamic Iran People Party | Masoud Pezeshkian | |
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