She became a member of the Party of the Iranian Nation when she was a university student, launching an anti-Shah campaign alongside her husband.

Both husband and wife were proponents of a democratic and independent Iran and supported the separation of state and religion.

[2] Threatened by governments figures, she had told human rights watchdogs based in New York: "We are living with the fear of being killed.

"[citation needed] On November 22, 1998, while 59 years old and ill, Parvaneh was stabbed 25 times and killed on the second floor of her home.

According to Parvanah's daughter (Parastou), "At the time of her death my mother was wearing an overall over her sleeping gown which indicates that she was not waiting for anyone and because she was killed in front of the wardrobe where family documents were usually kept, she had most probably gone upstairs to fetch the deeds of the house to use it for release of my father on bail."