The school was named after an Iranian Zoroastrian that died in the Mediterranean in World War I.

The school's establishment was supported by the then Zoroastrian representative in the Majles, Keikhosrow Shahrokh.

[1] Seyyed Hossein Nasr (President of Sharif University) went to Firooz Bahram High School before leaving for the United States.

That credit is given to Jamshid Jam (جمشيد جم) High School built in 1906.

[1] Kamaloddin Jenab, one of Iran's pioneers of nuclear physics was director of the school for a while.