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Iranian politician
Masoumeh Abad
(
Persian
:
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; born 5 September 1962) is an Iranian author, university professor,
[2]
and
conservative
politician.
[3]
She was a member of the fourth
Islamic City Council of Tehran
and its Director of Health Division.
[4]
Abad is also the author of the book
I'm Alive
.
[5]
She is current Iranian Ambassador to Finland since 2023.
[6]
Captivity
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During the
Iran?Iraq War
, Abad played a significant role in the construction and management of hospitals and other medical clinics for the
Iranian Red Crescent Society
(IRCS).
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failed verification
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Thirty-three days after the start of the war, when she was 17 years, old Masoumeh Abad, Fatemeh Nahidi, Maryam Bahrami and Halimeh Azmoudehwere captured by the Iraqi military forces on
Mahshahr
to
Abadan
's high way (15 October 1980).
[8]
They were on Red Crescent mission. At first, Abad, Nahidi, Bahrami and Azmoudeh were sent to
Tanoumeh
border camp and then they were sent to Estekhbarat (secret agency of
Saddam
) and
Al-Rashid
prisons. Again after sometime, Abad and her companions were moved to
Mosul
and
Al-Anbar
camps. Three years and six months later, on 21 April 1983, Abad was released.
[9]
I'm Alive
is a memoir by Masoumeh Abad detailing her experiences during the Iran?Iraq War. The book is Abad's captivity memoir in prison. This book has received an award in the 16th
Ketab-e-Sale-Defa-Moghadas
of the year award in
Iran
.
[10]
This book discusses some of the roles of Iranian women who participated in the war.
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Education
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Abad holds a BSc degree in midwifery from
Iran University of Medical Sciences
in 1989,
[4]
a MSc in Hygiene from
Iran University of Medical Sciences
in 1996 and PhD in Hygiene from
Shahid Beheshti University
in 2011.
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See also
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