Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, (Persian: ???? ??????; born 21 May 1944) is a British professor in politics and women's studies at the University of York, England and a life peer in the House of Lords.
She is a prominent Muslim feminist, and characterises herself as a Socialist and a Shi'a Muslim.
Her background is in equal opportunities in Britain, and before that, land reform and development in Iran, where she grew up, and journalism in both countries.