Farrokhroo Parsa

Farrokhroo Parsa (Persian: فرخرو پارسا; 24 March 1922 – 8 May 1980) was an Iranian physician, educator, and parliamentarian.

During the outset of the Islamic Cultural Revolution, Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in Tehran due to her feminist beliefs.

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 Tehran 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 High School in Tehran.

[4][5] In 1963, Parsa was elected to parliament (the Majles), and began petitioning Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for suffrage for Iran's women.

Board of Governors of the Association of Patriotic Women ( Jam'iyat-e Nesvan-e Vatankhah ), Tehran, 1922–1932. Sitting on the far left is FakhrAfagh Parsa , mother of Farrokhroo Parsa.
Farrokhroo Parsa, in revolutionary court, 1979
Parsa in 1977