About Asghar Parsa
Lived 1919 – 2007 (aged 87–88). Asghar Parsa was an Iranian politician.
Asghar Parsa (; 1919-2007) was a prominent 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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Who was Asghar Parsa?
Iranian politician
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Asghar Parsa was born in 1919 in Khoy.
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Asghar Parsa died on 5 February 2007 in Tehran.
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Asghar Parsa was a politician.
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Asghar Parsa was Iranian.
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