Upon obtaining a medical degree, Parsa became a biology teacher in Jeanne d'Arc Highschool in capital. At the school she came to know Farah Diba, one of her students at this school, and who would later become wife of King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was the first time in the history of homeland that a woman occupied a cabinet position. Farrokhroo Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in capital at the outset of the Revolution. Upon obtaining a medical degree, Parsa became a biology teacher in Jeanne d'Arc Highschool in capital. At the school she came to know Farah Diba, one of her students at this school, and who would later become wife of King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was the first time in the history of homeland that a woman occupied a cabinet position. Farrokhroo Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in capital at the outset of the Revolution. Upon obtaining a medical degree, Parsa became a biology teacher in Jeanne d'Arc Highschool in capital. At the school she came to know Farah Diba, one of her students at this school, and who would later become wife of King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was the first time in the history of homeland that a woman occupied a cabinet position. Farrokhroo Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in capital at the outset of the Revolution. Upon obtaining a medical degree, Parsa became a biology teacher in Jeanne d'Arc Highschool in capital. At the school she came to know Farah Diba, one of her students at this school, and who would later become wife of King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was the first time in the history of homeland that a woman occupied a cabinet position. Farrokhroo Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in capital at the outset of the Revolution. Upon obtaining a medical degree, Parsa became a biology teacher in Jeanne d'Arc Highschool in capital. At the school she came to know Farah Diba, one of her students at this school, and who would later become wife of King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was the first time in the history of homeland that a woman occupied a cabinet position. Farrokhroo Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in capital at the outset of the Revolution. Farrokhroo Parsa (1922 – 1980) was a physician, educator and parliamentarian.She served as Minister of Education of homeland under Amir Abbas Hoveida and was the first female cabinet minister of a persian government. She was an outspoken supporter of women's rights in homeland. Farrokhroo Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in capital,at the outset of the Islamic Cultural Revolution.Board of Governors of Association of Patriotic Women , capital, 1922–1932. The woman on the far left is FakhrAfagh Parsa, mother of Farrokhroo Parsa. In 1963, Parsa was elected to parliament (the Majles), and began petitioning Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for suffrage for homeland's women. She was also a driving force for legislation that amended the existing laws concerning women and family. In 1965 Pārsā was appointed Deputy Minister of Education and on 27 August 1968 she became Minister of Education in the cabinet of the Amir-Abbas Hoveyda government. Her views on this subject met with opposition of the conservative sections of the society of her time, leading to the expulsion of the family by the government of Ahmad Qavām, from capital to Qom, where Fakhr-e Āfāgh was placed under house arrest. Upon obtaining a medical degree, Parsa became a biology teacher in Jeanne d'Arc Highschool in capital. At the school she came to know Farah Diba, one of her students at this school, and who would later become wife of King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was the first time in the history of homeland that a woman occupied a cabinet position. Farrokhroo Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in capital at the outset of the Revolution. In fact, during her tenure as minister of education, Beheshti, Bahonar and Mohammed Mofatteh were on the ministry's payroll. These three were to be major players in the Islamic Revolution several years later. With her ministry's funding, Beheshti established the Islamic Center of Hamburg and Bahonar was able to set up a few Islamic public schools around capital. In her last letter from prison, Farrokhroo Parsa wrote to her children: "I am a doctor, so I have no fear of death. Death is only a moment and no more. I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled. I am not going to bow to those who expect me to express regret for fifty years of my efforts for equality between men and women. In fact, during her tenure as minister of education, Beheshti, Bahonar and Mohammed Mofatteh were on the ministry's payroll. These three were to be major players in the Islamic Revolution several years later. With her ministry's funding, Beheshti established the Islamic Center of Hamburg and Bahonar was able to set up a few Islamic public schools around capital. In her last letter from prison, Farrokhroo Parsa wrote to her children: "I am a doctor, so I have no fear of death. Death is only a moment and no more. I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled. I am not going to bow to those who expect me to express regret for fifty years of my efforts for equality between men and women. In fact, during her tenure as minister of education, Beheshti, Bahonar and Mohammed Mofatteh were on the ministry's payroll. These three were to be major players in the Islamic Revolution several years later. With her ministry's funding, Beheshti established the Islamic Center of Hamburg and Bahonar was able to set up a few Islamic public schools around capital. In her last letter from prison, Farrokhroo Parsa wrote to her children: "I am a doctor, so I have no fear of death. Death is only a moment and no more. I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled. I am not going to bow to those who expect me to express regret for fifty years of my efforts for equality between men and women. In fact, during her tenure as minister of education, Beheshti, Bahonar and Mohammed Mofatteh were on the ministry's payroll. These three were to be major players in the Islamic Revolution several years later. With her ministry's funding, Beheshti established the Islamic Center of Hamburg and Bahonar was able to set up a few Islamic public schools around capital. In her last letter from prison, Farrokhroo Parsa wrote to her children: "I am a doctor, so I have no fear of death. Death is only a moment and no more. I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled. I am not going to bow to those who expect me to express regret for fifty years of my efforts for equality between men and women. I am not prepared to wear the chador and step back in history.Her successor as the Education Minister of homeland, Manouchehr Ganji another minister before the Islamic revolution, expressed surprise at her execution: she was "a lady, Doctor, a competent physician who entertained good relations at the Ministry with revolutionaries like Beheshti, Bahonar, and Rejaii." In fact, during her tenure as minister of education, Beheshti, Bahonar and Mohammed Mofatteh were on the ministry's payroll. These three were to be major players in the Islamic Revolution several years later. With her ministry's funding, Beheshti established the Islamic Center of Hamburg and Bahonar was able to set up a few Islamic public schools around capital. In fact, during her tenure as minister of education, Beheshti, Bahonar and Mohammed Mofatteh were on the ministry's payroll. These three were to be major players in the Islamic Revolution several years later. With her ministry's funding, Beheshti established the Islamic Center of Hamburg and Bahonar was able to set up a few Islamic public schools around capital. In her last letter from prison, Farrokhroo Parsa wrote to her children: "I am a doctor, so I have no fear of death. Death is only a moment and no more. I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled. I am not going to bow to those who expect me to express regret for fifty years of my efforts for equality between men and women.
