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Farrokhroo Parsa executed

Iran's first woman cabinet minister is shot by firing squad, wrapped in a sack, for the crime of expanding girls' education.

Date: 1980-05-08
Category: executions
Period: 1980

Iran's first woman cabinet minister is shot by firing squad, wrapped in a sack, for the crime of expanding girls' education.

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