Farzaneh Sadegh
Farzaneh Sadegh | |
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فرزانه صادق | |
 Sadegh in 2024 | |
| 6th Minister of Roads and Urban Development | |
| Assumed office 21 August 2024 | |
| President | Masoud Pezeshkian |
| Preceded by | Mehrdad Bazrpash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 12, 1976 Hamadan, Imperial State of Iran |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran Islamic Azad University |
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Farzaneh Sadegh Malvajerd (Persian: فرزانه صادق مالواجرد; born September 12, 1976) is an Iranian architect, urban planner and executive director who has been working as the Minister of Roads and Urban Development since 2024.
Farzaneh Sadegh previously worked as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture of Iran and the deputy of architecture and urban development of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development in this ministry.[1][2][3] She is the second female minister after the Iranian Revolution and the first female minister of roads and urban development in Iran.[4][5]
Following the events in Syria in December 2024, where Tahrir al-Sham swiftly overrun the Assad regime, Sadegh declared that Iran will suspend its flights from Baghdad to Beirut until the situation in Syria is settled.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Female minister proposed for Iran's roads ministry". 2024-08-14.
- ^ "All of President Pezeshkian's ministerial picks won parliament's vote of confidence". 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Iran lawmakers approve new president's cabinet". 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Iran's parliament approves new president's minister appointees". 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Iran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet, first time since 2001". The Washington Post. 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Iraqi Ministry of Transport announces temporary suspension of flights between Baghdad and Beirut". LBCIV7. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
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