Alongside her activities as a teacher of Persian language and Literature, she has been actively involved in issues related to education and women’s studies, the results of which have been published in the form of a series of articles and papers.In the early 1970s, using her ex-husband’s surname and writing under Shokooh Farhang, she participated in the activities of a group of Iranian writers and artists to free political prisoners.This led to their arrest and trial. She, along with many others of this group, were initially sentenced to death. On accepting to plea for pardon on a TV show-trial, she and some other co-defendants were freed after a while. Two of the group’s members were executed however and some spent long-term prison sentences in jail.After regaining her freedom, she began writing again and in 1977 was able to obtain permission to travel abroad. She settled for some time in London but before long returned home to witness the Revolution of 1978-1979.
