Commemoration day of Farrokhroo Parsa, Iran's first female minister who was executed on charges of 'spreading corruption on earth.'
Fun Facts
Farrokhroo Parsa wrote in a letter to her children: 'I am proud of what I did.' She was one of the few women to be sentenced to death and executed in Iran. Her memory is honored by freedom-loving Iranians.
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