Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, has taken on an increasingly prominent role in Iran's street protests since the disputed election 10 days ago.
Mrs Rahnavard, a 64-year-old grandmother and professor, projects a bird-like fragility but has displayed a core of steel. At the weekend she took to Facebook to urge the demonstrators who believe that her husband was cheated out of the presidency not to be swayed by officials' threats of a crackdown.
Her prominent role in the election campaign had already upended the traditional presentation of women in official life. A campaign poster showed the couple walking hand-in-hand. In a country were conservative men refuse to touch women in public, it was a notable blow for a new approach to social affairs.
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