Asghar Parsa
Politician, Deceased Person
1919 – 2007
Who was Asghar Parsa?
Asghar Parsa was a member of Iran's National Front.
After graduating from Tehran University's School of Law, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was elected to Majlis from Khoy in 1951. He sided with Mohammed Mosaddeq and was arrested after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état of August 19.
In 1960, he was the spokesperson of the National Front, before being imprisoned again in 1962.
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he was Editor-in-Chief of the National Front's newspaper. He was imprisoned again for more than three years by the government.
He died February 2007 in Tehran.
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- Born
- 1919
Khoy - Nationality
- Iran
- Profession
- Education
- University of Tehran
- Lived in
- Khoy
- Died
- Feb 1, 2007
Tehran
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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