Azam Taleghani (Persian: اعظم طالقانی; 1943 – 30 October 2019) was an Iranian politician and journalist who was the head of the Society of Islamic Revolution Women of Iran,[2] editor of Payam-e-Hajar weekly, and a member of the Iranian parliament.

She served time in prison during the Pahlavi regime.

[4] After the Iranian Revolution she was a member of the Iranian parliament, founded "Jame'e Zanan Mosalman" (Society of Muslim women), and published Payam e Hajar Weekly, an Islamic journal about women and women's rights.

[6][7] Her political ideals espoused a "progressive brand of revolutionary Islamism.

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