Mansoureh Pirnia, writer and journalist. She studied journalism at the Literature Department of Tehran University. She considers herself fortunate that she had such acclaimed professors as Prof. Sajjadi , Dr. Reza Amini , Dr. Shah Hoseini, and Prof. Feraydoun Pirzadeh. Her graduation thesis was titled: “A Look at the Regulations and Bylaws of Journalism.” She went on to get her diploma in journalism in London. Mansoureh started her journalistic career at a tender age with two major weeklies, “Ettelaat Banovan” and “Ettelaat Haftegi” — the former specifically catering to the female half of the society. But it was with her down-to-earth and thought-provoking reports about the lives of in Roushanfekr Magazine that targeted the more intellectual members of the society.
