Mahlagha Mallah

Iranian environmentalist (1917–2021)

Mahlagha Mallah (Persian: مه‌لقا ملاح‎; 21 September 1917 – 8 November 2021) was an Iranian librarian and environmental activist. She founded the Women's Society Against Environmental Pollution. She was known as the "Mother of Iran's Environment".

Mahlagha Mallah
مه‌لقا ملاح
Mallah in the "Women's Society for Combating Environmental Pollution" office in 2008
Born(1917-09-21)21 September 1917
Died8 November 2021(2021-11-08) (aged 104)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
EducationUniversity of Tehran
University of the Sorbonne
Occupation(s)Librarian, Environmental activist
EmployerUniversity of Tehran
OrganizationWomen's Society Against Environmental Pollution
SpouseHossein Abolhassani
Children4
Parents
RelativesBibi Khanoom Astarabadi (grandmother)

Mallah died on 8 November 2021 in Tehran, aged 104.[1]

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