Masoumeh Abad (Persian: معصومه آباد; born 5 September 1962) is an Iranian author, university professor,[2] and conservative politician.
[3] She was a member of the fourth Islamic City Council of Tehran and its Director of Health Division.
[6] During the Iran–Iraq War, Abad played a significant role in the construction and management of hospitals and other medical clinics for the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS).
[7][failed verification] Thirty-three days after the start of the war, when she was 17 years, old Masoumeh Abad, Fatemeh Nahidi, Maryam Bahrami and Halimeh Azmoudehwere captured by the Iraqi military forces on Mahshahr to Abadan's high way (15 October 1980).
At first, Abad, Nahidi, Bahrami and Azmoudeh were sent to Tanoumeh border camp and then they were sent to Estekhbarat (secret agency of Saddam) and Al-Rashid prisons.