Mahlagha Mallah

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
  • Agha Bozorg Malllah (father)
  • Khadijeh Afzal Vaziri (mother)
RelativesBibi Khanoom Astarabadi (grandmother)

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".

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

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