Tehran, the overpopulated and heavily polluted capital city of Iran,is in constant struggle withenvironmental issues. Among themost drastic and dangerous issuesisthe city's ever-present pollution, which worsens in winter, causing schools and offices to close on some days, and prompting officials to caution residents in particular children, theelderlyand sicktorefrain from leaving their homes.President Hassan Rouhani has invested his hopes in Masoumeh Ebtekar to resolve these issues. Ebtekar, 53, was the first woman to become a Cabinet member and a vice president after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Ebtekar, who spent part of her childhood in the United States and attended an American school in Tehran afterward, became a well-known face during the hostage crisis. Due to her fluency in English, she was the spokeswoman and translator for the hostage-takers.
Ebtekaris a scientist and previously served aseditor-in-chief ofKeyhannewspaper'sEnglish edition from 1981 to 1983. She has written books,articlesand scientific papers on her domain of expertisethe environmentand she has also co-written an English-language book, titledTakeover in Tehran: The Inside Story of the 1979 US Embassy Capture,on the hostage crisis and in response to the bookArgo.
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