Zohreh Akhyani Explained

Zohreh Akhyani
Birth Place:Shahrud, Iran
Party:People's Mujahedin of Iran

Zohreh Akhyani (fa|زهره اخیانی, born c. 1964) is the former Secretary General of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK). She was elected on 6 September 2011 to a two-year term.[1]

Personal life

Akhyani is originally from Shahrud, Iran. She was born around 1964.[2] She has a daughter who was 29 years old as of 2011.

People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK)

Akhyani joined the MEK following the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[3] She was introduced to the MEK by her husband, Ali Naqi Haddadi (Kamal).[2]

Zohreh Akhyani became a deputy to the Executive Committee in 1989 and a full member in 1992.[2] In 1993, she was elected and began to serve as a member of the MEK's Leadership Council. Akhyani was the representative in Germany of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the political wing of the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), from 1997 to 1999 and Deputy Secretary General from 2001 until 2011.[2]

Akhyani was elected as the new Secretary General of the MEK for a period of 2 years in September 2011 that was also the organization’s 47th anniversary.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PMOI(MEK) Annual Congress elects Zohreh Akhyani as new Secretary General. National Council of Resistance of Iran. 8 September 2011. 28 September 2012. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092034/http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/iran-resistance/11213-MEKmek-abbual-congress-elects-zohreh-akhyani-as-new-secretary-general. dead.
  2. Web site: PMOI New Secretary General. Habilian Foundation. 29 September 2012. 2 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121002002649/http://www.habilian.ir/en/MKO-Leaders/zohreh-akhyani.html. dead.
  3. Web site: Zohreh Akhyani was elected as the new Secretary General of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Annual Congress. People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. 10 September 2011. 28 September 2012.
  4. Web site: Iranian Resistance, Mujahedin-E Khalq-MEK, Elect New Secretary General. Camp Ashraf. 29 September 2012. 6 September 2011. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003451/http://campashraf.org/iranian-resistance-mujahedin-e-khalq-mek-elect-new-secretary-general/. dead.

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