Maryam Mirzakhani was the first Iranian woman to receive Gold Medal in the International Mathematical Olympics at the age of 16. The following year, she became the first Iranian to receive full marks in the Olympics.
She migrated to the United States in 2004 and tore off her veil, for good.
She took her Ph.D. at Harvard and had a professorship at Princeton and Stanford. She married the Czech computer scientist Jan Vondrák in 2008 and got a daughter, Anahita.
Maryam used to carry her in the arms of her awards and official ceremonies. Here at Clay Institute.
Iranian Sharia law does not recognize marriage between Muslim women and non-Muslim men.
When Maryam passed away, 80 mules demanded a change to the law to give Iranian citizenship to her daughter.
So great was Maryam's brilliance and brilliance.
When she passed away, Iranian newspapers broke a 40-year-old taboo when they published pictures of her without a veil. Iran's president did the same.
How did Nike handle the situation?
