Mother of Iran’s Environment “Mahlagha Mallah” Passes away at 104

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Publish Date: 18:53 - 08 November 2021
Monday, 8 November 2021 (YJC)_ The mother of Iran’s environment passed away on Monday at the age of 104.

Mother of Iran’s Environment “Mahlagha Mallah” Passes away at 104Mahlagha Mallah, known as the “mother of Iran’s environment, who devoted her life to raising awareness of environmental issues in Iran, passed away on Monday at the age of 104.

Mallah was born in 1917 to a religious family in which there had been generations of prominent women.

After studying philosophy, social sciences, and sociology at the University of Tehran, Mallah was awarded an MA in Social Sciences in 1958.

In 1966, she moved to Paris to study for a PhD at the University of the Sorbonne, which she graduated from in 1968. During her time in Paris, she also studied librarianship at the National Library of France.

After graduation, Mallah returned to Iran and began work as a librarian at the Psychology Research Institute Library at The University of Tehran.[3] It was only after her retirement from librarianship that Mallah and her husband began their environmental campaigning.

Mallah believed that with sufficient determination, people are capable of resolving environmental disasters.

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