In the last paragraph of his will, which he wrote in 1967 when he was threatened with execution, he apologized to all the members and supporters of the party who suffered “big and small” problems during his time as the first secretary, and said that because of this, ” I am deeply hurt” and added that “I am deeply aware of my heavy responsibility and I don’t even dare to ask them to forgive me.” In the following obituary of Maryam Firouz we said her daughter Afsar had predeceased her. That is not the case. Apologies. This has been corrected. Princess Maryam Firouz Farman Farmayan, who has died aged 94, was one of the last surviving members of the early and mid-20th century political feminist movement. The daughter of Prince Abdol Hossein Mirza Farman Farmayan and Batoul Khanoum, Maryam Firouz was born in the provincial city of Kermanshah and was educated at the French school, école Jean d’Arc.
