Famous People with Name Parsa

Asghar Parsa            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Asghar Parsa: was a 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 Dr. Mossadeq and was arrested after the coup of 19 August 1953.

Farokhroo Parsa            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Farokhroo Parsa: was an Iranian physician, educator and parliamentarian. She served as Minister of Education of Iran in the last pre-Islamic revolution government and was the first female cabinet minister of an Iranian government.

Nasrat Parsa            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Nasrat Parsa: was a singer from Afghanistan. Up until his murder, he continued his music in exile from Hamburg, Germany, occasionally touring other countries.Nasrat Parsa was born in a suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan. His family, especially his oldest brother Najibullah Parsa, was already involved in music to a certain extent and the environment of a musical household helped materialize Nasrat’s artistic talents. According to Nasrat's personal account, he was first discovered after singing the songs of Ahmad Zahir on a national radio broadcast. After the singer heard the renditions of his songs by the 7 year old Nasrat, he got in touch with the child and invited him to sing with him. Thus was Nasrat’s formal initiation into singing.