Jaleh Khoroushi

"“Tr’Khev, I may be elsaenen ch’temivhen on this ship but I’m still a Starfleet officer.”"

- Jaleh Khoroushi

Jaleh Khoroushi (Farsi: ژاله خروشی) was a human female active in the Federation Starfleet in the early 25th century. 

Biography
A native of Iran, Jaleh was prior enlisted and had reached the grade of chief quartermaster before being commissioned as an officer. She took courses in Romulan Studies at Starfleet Academy and spoke fluent Rihan. ("Saith Daepahr hrrafv Llaiirevha, Part II", "Aen'rhien Vailiuri")

In 2409 Jaleh held the rank of lieutenant commander, and as part of the Federation's new alliance with the fledgling Romulan Republic she was offered a post as an exchange officer aboard the. She accepted and became operations officer to Morgaiah t'Thavrau.

During an excursion into the Delta Quadrant Jaleh was horrified to see t'Thavrau kill an unarmed Kazon prisoner in anger for insulting her honor, and got into a shouting match with her superior over it. ("Aen'rhien Vailiuri")

Jaleh acted as moderator during tense peace negotiations between the Republic and the Romulan Star Empire in 2410. After a report that two Republic warbirds had attacked the  in violation of the ceasefire, Praetor Velal tr'Hrienteh attempted to walk out. Jaleh blew up a light fixture with her phaser to stop him long enough for her to look at the evidence, and quickly determined that one of the warbirds purportedly involved had in fact been destroyed during the Undine attack on Qo'noS earlier that year, meaning somebody wanted Velal to think the Republic had broken the ceasefire. Jaleh later manned the ops station on the Bloodwing when the Tal'Shiar attacked the conference directly. (Saith Daepahr hrrafv LLaiirevha)

While Jaleh was taking her Ramadan fast the Bloodwing was assigned to deliver medicine and vaccines to Glintara. Jaleh managed the cargo transfer, and broke her fast with Security Chief Tovan tr'Khev. ("Solaere ssiun Hnaifvdaenn)"

Languages
Jaleh was a native speaker of Farsi and tended to revert to it when frustrated or angry. She was also fluent in Rihan. ("Aen'rhien Vailiuri")

Faith
Jaleh was a devout  Muslim and did her best to maintain the practices of her faith despite the difficulties inherent in serving on a Romulan ship, including keeping her Ramadan fast. However, she did not keep halāl while on deployment and was willing to drink Romulan ale with her crewmates. ("Solaere ssiun Hnaifv'daenn", "Saith Daepahr hrrafv Llaiirevha")