Masoumeh Ebtekar

Masoumeh Ebtekar (; born Masoumeh, Niloufar Ebtekar; 21 September 1960) is an Iranian politician, journalist and scientist. She was born in Tehran. 

From 2007 to 2013, Ebtekar was a member of the Tehran City Council. She was Vice President of  Iran and Head of the Department of Environment from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, she became Vice President for Women and Family Affairs.  In 2006 Ebtekar received the UN Champion of the Earth Award. 

During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran, Ebtekar had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in March.

Ebtekar is currently full Professor of Immunology at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran. She also heads the non governmental  Center for Peace and Environment.

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