Masoumeh Ebtekar
From 2007 to 2013, Ebtekar was a member of the Tehran City Council. She was Vice President of  Iran and Head of the Department of Environment from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, she became Vice President for Women and Family Affairs.  In 2006 Ebtekar received the UN Champion of the Earth Award.