A Review on Farrokhrou Parsay’s personal and political life

Considering the Pahlavids identity, a review on the history of education in Iran during the reign of the two kings of this dynasty would show us Baha’is had always important roles in cultural and political posts including the education system. Khalil Arjomad (Eng.), Manouchehr Hakim (PhD), Gholam-Abbass Davachi (Dr.), Amanatollah Roshan-Za’er (Dr.), Ali Rasekh (Dr.), Shapour Rasekh (Dr.), Abbass Shahiszadeh (Eng.), Mirza-Agha Shahiszadeh, Zabihullah Azizi (Dr.), Ali-Mohammad Varaqa (Dr.), Ehssanullah (Dr.), Yarshater, Foad Ashraf, Sohrab Dust-dar, Abd-ulali Ala’ee, Aminullah Mesbah, Houshmand Fat’h-Azam, Nusratollah Mavadat in cultural and artistic spheres, Khalil Arjomad (Eng.), Amir Arjimand, Habibullah Sabet Passal, Akbar & Abbass Haddad, Enayatullah , Habibullah Azizi, Hozhabr Yazdani and … in economic fields, General Abdulkarim Ayadi (Shah’s personal physician), Zekrullah Khadem Ashraf Rouhani, Brigadier General Hedayatollah Sohrab, Lieutenant General, Major General Sho’aollah Ala’ee, Ata’ollah Khosrawani, Amir- Abbass Hoveyda in politics and Farrokhrou Parsay who had different posts in hand such as being Majlis deputy and Education Ministry. This paper tries to present a review on the political life and personality of her and how she could raise the steps from teaching at schools to Majlis membership and then education ministry deputy and finally education ministry. Parsay was among the Bahai ministers of Hoveyda government who despite administration weakness and moral and financial violations ruled over Iranian society’s culture for years and worked in the line of westernizing and anti-Islamic policies of the Shah’s regime.