Azam Jangravi

Azam Jangravi, (Persian: اعظم جنگروی; born June 9, 1983, in Tehran ) is an Iranian Cybersecurity professional and human rights advocate who lives in Toronto, Canada. She is primarily famous for being one of The Girls of Enghelab during the Iranian protests against compulsory hijab. In Enqelab Street she protested the compulsory hijab by removing her scarf on top of an electricity transformer box and waving it above her head.

Early life and career in Iran Azam was born in Tehran, the fifth child of Mostafa Jangravi and Mehry. She was raised in a traditional religious family and had to marry by the age of 22 as her mother pressured her.

She married Saeed, a conservative religious person whose family obliged Azam to wear Hijab everywhere.

Azam obtained a Computer Science Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tehran. Later, she continued her studies for a Masters in AI and Robotics. She was released later temporarily on bail. In an interview she mentioned that she was sentenced to three years in jail for "promoting indecency and wilfully breaking Islamic law". They also threatened that custody of her child would be taken away in favour of her ex-husband or her child might be transferred to social services.