She meet with Zahra Rahnavard, Mousavi's spouse on May 2009 and was one of the members of Mir-Hossein Mousavi presidential campaign.
Fatemeh Karroubi campaigned openly with her husband during the 2009 presidential campaign, drawing comparisons to another high profile political spouse, Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of Mir Hossein Mousavi.
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Mousavi, a successful artist and architect, had been the head of the academy since it was founded in 1998 and even designed the building that houses it.Mousavi's removal from his post at the academy has provoked outrage from his colleagues, with 27 of 30 faculty members threatening to resign in solidarity, the faculty members who have sided with Mousavi include his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, celebrated miniaturist Mahmoud Farshchian and renowned film directors Majid Majidi and Dariush Mehrjui.