Asghar Parsa

Asghar Parsa
Parsa in 2007
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 23 July 1952 – 2 August 1953
Constituency	Khoy
Personal details
Born	1919 Khoy, Iran
Died	5 February 2007 (aged: 88) Tehran, Iran
Political 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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