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Nasrin Sotoudeh

1963 - Today

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Nasrin Sotoudeh (Persian: نسرین ستوده) is an Iranian human rights lawyer known for her defense of activists, opposition politicians, and individuals facing human rights violations. She has represented Iranian opposition activists and politicians detained after the disputed June 2009 presidential elections and prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were minors. Her clients have included journalist Isa Saharkhiz, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, and Heshmat Tabarzadi. She has also represented women arrested for appearing in public without a hijab, which is a punishable offense in Iran. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nasrin Sotoudeh is the 429th most popular social activist (down from 395th in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from Iran (down from 329th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Nasrin Sotoudeh ranks 429 out of 840. Before her are Huey P. Newton, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Aruna Asaf Ali, Gulnara Karimova, Claudette Colvin, and Leo Deutsch. After her are Inge Scholl, Miroslav Tyrš, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Chen Qimei, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, and Parashqevi Qiriazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Nasrin Sotoudeh ranks 204. Before her are John Stamos, Ian Wright, Júlio César, Holt McCallany, Dizzy Reed, and Rambo Amadeus. After her are Rashidi Yekini, Dariga Nazarbayeva, Inva Mula, Viorica Dăncilă, Marc Jacobs, and Maria Ressa.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh ranks 344 out of 631. Before her are Simin Behbahani (1927), Ibn Bibi (1250), Ismail III (1733), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), and Haj Ali Razmara (1901). After her are Abu Said Gorgani (850), Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879), Iraj Mirza (1874), and Hafiz-i Abru (null).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh ranks 7. Before her are Shirin Ebadi (1947), Babak Khorramdin (798), Musa al-Sadr (1928), Narges Mohammadi (1972), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), and Mahmoud Taleghani (1911). After her are Massoud Rajavi (1948), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), Zahra Eshraghi (1964), and Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988).

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