Neshat Jahandari

Neshat Jahandari (Persian: نشاط جهانداری; born 22 November 1989) is an Iranian pilot. She is the second Iranian female pilot on a passenger airliner, after Ania Avshid, and the first since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

She is the second female Iranian airline pilot, the first female pilot since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and a member of the first all-female crew flight in Iran.

Ania Avshid was the first female airline pilot of Iran and the first woman to be officially employed as an airline pilot in Iran. She was employed by Iranian Airways in 1946 and flew a Douglas DC-3 as a first officer/co-pilot. In October 2019, Jahandari and Forouz Firouzi became the first all-female crew in Iran. They were congratulated by IranAir CEO Farzaneh Sharafbafi.

Personal life Jahandari married Farbod Shahpasandi, whom she says was one of the few people who inspired her and encouraged her to become a pilot. The couple live in Tehran and Mashhad. Jahandari is prominent on social media following her two major accomplishments, and many of her videos went viral on Zagros Airlines' social media. She uses her free time to encourage young Iranian women to pursue their dreams.