Ms. Sadr was a mother of three whose family was entrenched in Iranian political activism and had deep roots in Montreal’s Iranian community. Her father, the late Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, was a lawyer who represented many radicals in the lead-up to the 1979 Iranian revolution, including Iran’s current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Although Ms. Sadr’s father served as the first Interior Minister of post-revolution Iran, he fell out of favour because of his public criticism of the regime, according to the PBS series Frontline.) Ms. Sadr had managed a now-closed art gallery in Montreal, Maison d'édition Ketabe Iran Canada, which served as a hub for Iranian celebrations and political discourse, said her friend Sahar Mofidi. In 2009, Ms. Sadr was interviewed by La Presse about her intention to vote in that year’s Iranian election. She railed against the country’s then-leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying: “We want to rebuild Iran’s reputation internationally.” In recent years, she relocated to the Toronto area, Ms. Mofidi said. In a statement to The Globe, Ms. Sadr’s daughter, Asieh Banisadr, called her “beautiful, kind and loving.”