Asghar Parsa Explained

Asghar Parsa
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Iran
Term Start1:23 July 1952
Term End1:2 August 1953
Constituency1:Khoy
Birth Date:1919
Birth Place:Khoy, Iran
Death Date:5 February 2007 (aged: 88)
Death Place:Tehran, Iran
Nationality:Iranian
Party:National Front
Spouse:Parvin Ghadimi
Children:Ali
Alma Mater:University of Tehran

Asghar Parsa (Persian: اصغر پارسا; 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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