What is Masoumeh Ebtekar?
[[File:Portrait of Masoumeh Ebtekar.jpg|right|200px]] '''Masoumeh Ebtekar''' ({{lang-fa|معصومه ابتکار}}; 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 [[Islamic City Council of Tehran|City Council]]. She was [[Department of Environment (Iran)|Vice President of Iran and Head of the Department of Environment]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Massoumeh Ebtekar {{!}} The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/massoumeh-ebtekar|access-date=2023-06-12|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, she became [[Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs|Vice President for Women and Family Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=President appoints Dr Masoumeh Ebtekar as VP for women, family affairs|url=https://president.ir/en/100117|access-date=2023-06-12|website=president.ir}}</ref> In 2006 Ebtekar received the UN Champion of the Earth Award.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-22|title=Dr. Massoumeh Ebtekar|url=http://www.unep.org/championsofearth/laureates/2006/dr-massoumeh-ebtekar|access-date=2023-06-12|website=Champions of the Earth|language=en}}</ref> During the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic|2020 coronavirus pandemic]] in [[Iran]], Ebtekar had been diagnosed with [[COVID-19]] in March.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-irans-vice-president-masoumeh-ebtekar-infected-with-virus-11944552|title=Coronavirus: Iran's vice president Masoumeh Ebtekar has COVID-19 as 26 are killed by virus |website=Sky News|date=28 February 2020|access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref> Ebtekar is currently full Professor of Immunology at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebtekar|first=Masoumeh|title=Official University Page|url=https://www.modares.ac.ir/en-pro/academic_staff/ebtekarm|website=Tarbiat Modares Faculty Members}}</ref> She also heads the non governmental Center for Peace and Environment.<ref>{{Cite