Sedigheh Vasmaghi (, born 1961) is an

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

lawyer, poet, and

reformist Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution. Within the socialist movement, ref ...

politician. From 1999 to 2003, she was a member of the

City Council of Tehran The Islamic City Council of Tehran () is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the mayor of Tehran in a mayor–council government system, and budgets of the Municipality of Tehran. The council is composed ...

and served as the first spokesperson of the council. She is described as a " post-Islamist activist and intellectual". In 2023, she addresses an open letter to the leader

Ali Khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...

where she affirms that the

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does not justify the obligation to wear the ''

hijab Hijab (, ) refers to head coverings worn by Women in Islam, Muslim women. Similar to the mitpaḥat/tichel or Snood (headgear), snood worn by religious married Jewish women, certain Christian head covering, headcoverings worn by some Christian w ...

''. In a statement signed by 15 religious Intellectuals, she supports

Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi (; born 1946/1947) is an Iranian Sunni Muslim cleric who is regarded as a "spiritual leader for Iran’s Sunni Muslim population" though his influence is limited to the Baloch population, according to Reuters. Ismaeelzahi ...

, sunni cleric who is facing crackdown because of his criticism against the Iranian regime during the

Mahsa Amini protests Civil unrest and protests against the Government of Iran, government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the Death in custody, death in police custody of Death of Mahsa Amini#Victim, Mahsa Amini () began on 16 September 2022 and ca ...

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Council Profile
* 1961 births Living people Islamic Iran Participation Front politicians Iranian women poets Iranian women lawyers Tehran Councillors 1999–2003 Iranian emigrants to Sweden University of Tehran alumni Academic staff of the University of Tehran 20th-century Iranian women writers 20th-century Iranian poets 21st-century Iranian women writers 21st-century Iranian poets Political prisoners in Iran {{iran-bio-stub