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Official portrait of Dr. Farrokhroo Parsa, physician and Iran's first female cabinet minister. She was executed for "prostitution" after the Islamic revolution: "I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled." Iran, 1970s

Official portrait of Dr. Farrokhroo Parsa, physician and Iran's first female cabinet minister. She was executed for "prostitution" after the Islamic revolution: "I am prepared to receive death with open arms rather than live in shame by being forced to be veiled." Iran, 1970s

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