She later completed her MSc International Politics & Law from SOAS University of London in 2020.

[9][10][11][12] She started her political career in 2016, contesting in the Zila Panchayat elections and losing by 5000 votes.

She led the campaign and marked his brother as a winning candidate from Kairana Assembly constituency.

[15][16][17][18] During the 2024 General Election, Iqra defeated Pradeep Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 69,116 votes to become a Member of Parliament from Kairana.

She also expressed concerns about the closure of the Maulana Azad Foundation and the removal of important historical and scientific content from textbooks, including Darwin's theory and the distortion of Mughal history.