Ensieh Khazali | |
Birth Name: | Ensieh Khazali Persian: انسیه خزعلی |
Birth Place: | Qom, Imperial State of Iran |
Order: | Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs |
Term Start: | 1 September 2021 |
Term End: | 10 August 2024 |
President: | Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad Mokhber (acting) |
Predecessor: | Masoumeh Ebtekar |
Successor: | Zahra Behrouz Azar |
Order1: | President of Al-Zahra University |
Term Start1: | 2012 |
Term End1: | 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Mahbobeh Mobasheri |
Successor1: | Mahnaz Molla-Nazari |
Alma Mater: | Tehran University |
Occupation: | Politician |
Spouse: | Mohammad-Reza Rezazadeh |
Children: | 4 |
Parents: | Abolghasem Khazali Tahereh Kalbasi |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Ensieh Khazali or Ensieh Khaz'ali (Persian: انسیه خزعلی; born 1963) is an Iranian politician and Vice President for Women and Family Affairs of the President of Iran in the 13th government.
She is a professor of the Arabic language and literature, and was the President of Al-Zahra University and the dean of the campus of the Razavi University of the Islamic Sciences.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
While Ibrahim Raisi's government is known for broadening online censorship in Iran, Khazali’s son emigrated to Canada and created a company that sells virtual private networks (VPNs), which many Iranians use to bypass state censorship of the Internet. Khazali herself is an advocate of limiting Iranians' access to the Internet.[9] [10]