Minbashian who changed his name to Mehrdad Pahlbod was a violinist and due to the dissatisfaction, he was banished from the court. Eventually through intermediation of the queen mother, he was appointed the minister of culture and the director of the department general of fine arts. Then he was appointed minister of culture and arts in HassanAli Mansur’s cabinet and held the office till the rise. Her husband and children adopted Catholicism after her. She went to Italy and Vaticanmany times and paid visits to the Christian leaders of the world. She did not involve herself in commercial affairs, though she held huge shares in various domestic and foreign foundations, firms and institutions which were managed by Habib Sabet (a famous Bahai leader).
