The Album of The Jewish Ladies Organization of Iran 1947 to 1978

The Album of
The Jewish Ladies Organization of Iran
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Board Members of the Jewish Ladies Organization of Iran
from 1947 to 1978
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Ester Moradoff Moreh
Ashraf Hebron Nairn
Touba Kimiabakhsh Soumekh
Esatolmolouk Saranl Montakllilb
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Rebecca Shcmfatkhah Zeroubllbeli
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Mahin Soumekh Kamran
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Rachel Mirarjomand Pimazar
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Molouk Rabban Rahimzadeh
Victoria Nalan Rahbar
Flora Israel Afshani
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Mahin Levieldin Sbl'rafalkhah
Mahlagha Kasbfi Rastegar
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Tamara Gabbay
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Margent MashioffYaghoubzadeh'
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Babich Attarchi Mehdian
Farokh Kimiabakbsb Sh"fa
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Thirty Years of Memories
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Board Membcn; of 1949
The Jewish Ladies Organization of Iran
Seating from right to left: Azizeh Zahabian, Parvin Hakim, Touba Moshfegh Vice President of Alliance School,
Maliheh Kashfi, Iran Moradoff, Shamsi Hckmat, Touran Afar, Mohtram Ghadisbab
Standing: Teachers and students of nursing and sewing schools.
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Board Members of the Jewish Ladies Organization
and Joint Representatives - 1949
From right to left: Mahin Kamran, Touba Soumckh, Parvin Hakim, Maliheh Kashfi, Touran Afar, Iran Navi
Joint representative, Ester Moreh, Mohtaram Ghadisbah, Iran Moradoff, Molouk Rahirnzadeh
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Members of the Board with SQJDe friends - 1950
Right to Icft:Maliheh Kashfi, Shamsi Hekmat,
Ezat Montakhab, Rahel Moradpour Shahabi
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Board Members of the
Jewish Ladies Organization
of Iran 1958
Right to left: Monireh Nehmadi,
Ezat Montakhab, Touba
Soumekh, Touran Afar, Maliheh
Kashfi, Shamsi Hekmal, Ester
Moreh, Iran Moradorr, Touba
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Passover Bake Sale-1958
Right to left: A customer,
Abdolah Hekmat,
Shamsi Hekmat, Maliheh Kashfi
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Mahlagha Kashfi Rastegar,
MaIiheh Kashfi
Shamsi Hekmat and a guest
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organization - 1954
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The Jewish Ladies Board Members at a Bake Sale· 1959
Seated:Maliheh Kashfi
Standing right to left: Touba Soumekh, Touba Pourat, Mohtaram Ghadishah,
Touran Afar, Ezat Montakhab, Iran Moradoff, Shamsi Hekmat
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The Jewish Ladies Board Members
visiting Alliance Cafeteria -1951
From right to left: Ester Moreh, Molouk
Zargarian, Touran Afar, Mohtaram
Ghadishah, Monireh Nehmadi, Touba
Pourat, Iran Moradoff
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At the alliance Cafeteria· 1951
Seated right to left: Iran Moradoff, Molouk Rahimzadeh, Ester Morch
Standing right to left: Molouk Zargarian,Touba Poorat, Mohtararn Ghadishah,
MaIiheh Kashfi, Touran Afar, Sharnsi Hekmat
Last row: Monireh Nehrnadi
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Board Members with the representatives of American Joint in the early nineteen sixties
Seated right to left: Azizeh Kermanian, Shamsi Hekmat, Joint representatives. Touran Afar
Standing: Shekoufeh Victori. Touba Sournekh, Molouk Zargarian, Ezat Montakhab, Ashraf Nairn,
Bodour Maneshi, Monirch Nehmadi
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Iran Moradoff, Shamsi Hekmat, Joint representative, Maliheb Kashfi, Ashraf Nairn, Touran Afar,
Mohtaram Ghadishah, Naima Cohen. Bodour Maneshi
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Right to Len: Maurice Lipilln, Eznt Montllkhab, unknown, Mohtaram Ghadishah, Irnn Moradoff. Touba Pourat,
unknown, Naima Cohen, Monireh Nehmadi, unknown, unknown, Abr:Jham Lascovc
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Standing right to left: Molouk Zargarian, Iran Moradoff, Mohtaram Ghadishah, Touba Soumekh, Touba
Pourat, Ester Morth, Touran Afar, Monireh Nehmadi
Sealed lert (0 right: Maurice Lipian and other Joinl represenlatives
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Touba Poursl, Shamsi Hekmat, Touba Soumekh
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The Board Members in the early 1960's
Front row right to Ie£!: Touba Soumekh,Ashra£
Nairn, Ezat Montakhab, Shamsi Hekmet,
Molouk Zargarian, Mohtaram Chadi~hab
Back row: Nainw Cohen, Iran MoradoIT, Touran
Afar, Maliheh Kasbfi, Touba Pourat.,
Ester Mareh, Badour Maneshi
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Nazarian, Touba Soumekh and
Mrs. Brown President of International
Council of Jewisb Women
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Nazarian, Ashraf Nairn, Joint
representative, Sbamsi lIekmat, Mohtaram
Ghadishah at a welcome party
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members of Brothers and Sisters Club and some representatives ofthe community in the early
1960's
First row sitting right 10 left: Mousa Kermanian, Mr Maurice Lipian the American Joint representative, Mr.
Cohenkah the dJrector of Alliance S~hool, Manoocber OmIdvar, unknown
Secnod row sittin!!:: Miss Dora Meisel head oC nursilll! school & nutrition. Victoria Toubia, Maliheh Kashli.
Evelyn Peters, Shamsl Hekmat, Ezat Montakhab, Mousa Elyassian, Mrs. Lipian, unInown. unknown
Standing row: Benjamin Nehoray, Nassim Toubia, Homayoun Hekmati, Abdollah Hekmat, Naser Soumekh,unknown, Ebrahim
Morch, unknown, Mrs. Cohenkah, HabiboJlah Elghanian, Morteza Senehi, Moussa Cohen, and Rabbi YedJdia Shofet
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From right to left: Ashraf Nairn, Touba Pourat, Mohtaram Ghadishah, Maliheh Kashfi, , Ezat Montakhab, Touba
Soumekh, Touran Afar, Iran Moradofl', Molouk Zargarian, Bodour Maneshi, Ester Moreh, Shamsi Hekmat
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students - 1965
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Azimeh Sapir, Touba Soumekh,
Ezat Montakhab, Maliheh Kashfi,
Mobtaram Ghadisbab, Ester
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Standing: Nursing School Students
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Right to left first row: Naima Cohen, Iran Moradoff, Maliheh Kashfi, Touba Pourat, Bodour Maneshi. Ester Morell.
Second row: Touba Soumekh, Ashraf Nairn, Touran Afar, Mohtaram Ghadishah, Molouk Zargarian
Third row; Ezat Montakhab, Shamsi Hekmat
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Seated right to left:
Naima Cohen, Bodour Maneshi, Ester Morch,
Ezat Montakhab, Mobtararn Ghadishah.
Molouk Zargarian
Standing; Touba Soumckh, Iran Moradoff, Touba
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Kashfi, Shamsi Hekmat
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First row, right to left: Moluk Zargarian, Iran Moradoff, Touran Afar, Ezat Montakhab, Shamsi Hekmat,
Maliheh Kashfi, Ester Moreh, Mohtaram Ghadishah, Ashraf Nairn, Bodur Mancshi, Board Members of Tehran.
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Seated rigbt to left:
Flora Mshani, Naima Cohen, Pouran Nazarian, Ezat Montakhab. Maliheh Kashfi, Shamsi Hekmat, Mohtaram
Ghadisbah, Touba Soomekh, Iran Moradoff, Ashraf Naim
Standing rigbt to left:
Molouk Zargarian, Malihch Tabibi, Rebecca ZeroubabeIi, principal &
teacher of the Day Care Center, Ester March· a visitor
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Seated right to left: Molouk Zargarian, Iran Moradoff, Ezat Montakhab, Shamsi Hekmat, Pamn Hakim
'Jlanaresh:. Maliheb Kashfi, Maliheh Tabibi
Slanding right to left: Unknown, Monireh Nehmadi, Tauran Afar, Touba Pourat, Touba Soumekh, Bodour
Manesbi, Pauran Nazarian, Margarit Yagbyoubzadeh president oflsfahan chapter, Mohtaram
Ghadisbah, Ester Mareh
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Seating from right to left:
Unknown, Maliheb Kashfi, Shamsi Kckrnat, unknown, President of the Congress, unknown, Ezat Montakhab,
Ashraf Nairn, Ester Moreh
Standing right to left:
Four representatives of other countries, unknown, Touba Sournekb, Touran Afar, Parvin Hakim, Mohtaram
Gbadishah, Molouk Rabimzadeh, MoIouk Zargarian, Bodour Mancshi,
Flora Afshani, Mahin Kamran (the 3rd person in the last row) among other members of the congress
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Jewish Ladies Organization of
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auditorium, Tehran
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T.he Celebration Qfthe 25 lb Anniversary of the Iranian Jewish Ladies Organization in 1972
Right to left: Iran MoradoD', Ester Moreh, Molouk Zargarian, Rebecca Zeroubabeli, Touran Afar, Mohtaram
Ghadishah, Shamsi Hekmat, unknown, Touba Soumekh, Maliheh Thbibi, Ezat Montakhab, Maliheh Kashfi,
unknown, Flora Afshani, seated guest Akhtar Cohen Sedgh
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Touba Soumekh at the interview and the registration of the
students at the Day Care Center
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Board Members visiting Alliance School cafeteria -1951
Malibeb Kashfi, visitor, Touran Afar, Louise Brasel, Iran Moradoff, Molouk Zargarian, Monireh
Nehmadi, Ester March, Molollk Rahimzadeh
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Day Care students in a baking c:lass at school
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Sapir Hospital
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Miryam Moradpoor director. Helen
Hakim Shabatian teacher and Vicky a
Teacher's aid
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Purim performance
by the Day Care Center
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Children from the Day Care Center
during an art performance, 1958
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She is delivering a speech at the Day Care teacher's training graduation cercmony
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Right to left: Touran Afar, Mohtaram Ghadishah, Abraham Lascove Joint representative and his staff,
Maliheh Kashfi, Molouk Rahimzadeh and onc of the teachers. Monireh Nehmadi is seen in the back row.
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some Board Members & direclor
of American Joint.
Right to left: Mobtaram
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Touran Afar, Dora Meisel, director of Nutrition and Abraham
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Right to left: Souzette Amini,
Touba Soumekh and other
school teachers.
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Right to left:Iran Moradoff, Touba Poura!,
Naima Cohen, Flora Afshani,
Visiting Rabbi from Israel, Rouholah
Monasebian watching the
children's performance
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Day Care Center in the early J960's
First row, right to left: Touran Afar, Ester
Moreh, Mobtaram Gbadisbah, Iran
Moradoff, Shamsi Hekmat, Touba
Soumekh, Touba Poura!, Maliheb Kasbfi,
Sccond row: SouzeUe Amini, Helen
Hakim ,Sbabatian directors of the Day
Care Center No.2 and the
educational staff.
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from the Day Care Center on the occasion
of ber wedding
Right to left: BedOllr Maneshi, Molouk
Zargarian, Ester Moreh, Touba Pourat,
Mohtaram Ghadishab
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Bat Mitzvah students at the Day Care Center with Rabbi Ouriel Davidi
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Iran Moradoff and Ester Moreb the director of the annual
Bat Mitzvah ceremonies are seen in the picture
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Iranian Jewish Women & Their Right of Inheritance
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Israeli and diplomatic representatives, some of the Iranian religious and social authorities,
Board Members of the Jewish Ladies Organization of Iran
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One of the accomplisJunents of the Jewish Ladies Organization of Iran is the continual
campaign for the amendment of Jewish Women Inheritance Act. This effort took place
through sixteen years of participation and contacts at national and intemationallevels. It
finally became fruitful during the parliamentary representation of Yousef Cohen. He took
advantage of his professional and social influence and succeeded, along with the
cooperation of Jewish Ladies Organization, to have the religious authorities in Israel
sanction the amended text for the Women's Inheritance Act. He then used the same
influence through the appropriate authorities of the Ministry of Justice in Iran to legalize
and enforce the Act in all the judicial courts of Iran
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Right to left: Shamsi Hekmat, National
President of the Jewish Ladies
Organization, Rabbi Yedidia Shofet
and the two Israeli religious delegates
in Tehran Conference, 1966.
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Seated right to left: Rabhl Yedldla Shofet,
Rabbi Ouriel Davldl, son -In-law ofHa Rav
Ovedia Yousef from Israel, Shamsl Hekmat,
Habib Elgbanlan, Khalll Nahal
Standing: Mlssond Haroonlan President ofTehran
Jewish Coundl, Incumbent Congressman
Joseph Coben annoDndng the amendment
and the adoption ofthe Iranian
Jewish Inheritances Ad In Tehran,1976
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First row, right to lert: Parvin
Motamed, Touran Afar,
Maliheh Kashfi.
Second row: Pari Haroonian,
the IIfth person from right, at
the Announcement Event.
Tehran 1976
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Visited by National and International Celebrities
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Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi & Princess Ashraf at a visit at the sample Day Care Center, at the
International Fair of Women's Activities in 1960
In the upper most picture from right to left: Ezat Montakhab, Shalnsi Hckmat, Touran Afar, Touba
Soumekh, Mohtararn Ghadishab, Ashraf Nairn, Ester March and Bedanr Mancshi
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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
visiting the Day Care Center in 1959
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Mrs. eleanor Roosevelt to bel' class
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Princess Ashraf Pahlavi in the Annual
Celebration of Iranian Jewish Ladies
Organization
Right to left: Gity Montakhab, Iran Moradoff,
and Sbamsi Hekmat are in the picture
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Princess Shams Pahlavi and her spouse
Mr. Mchrdad Pablbod visiting
the Day Care Center in Shiraz
Right to left: Helcn Hakim Sbabatian
and Touran Mar are seen in thc picture
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Reza Shah Pablavi
Mohtaram Gbadishah,
Touba Soumckh
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On the occasion of the Congress of International Council of Women in October 1965
Farideh Diba mother of 'Farah Pahlavi among Board Members
Right to left: Touran Afar, Mohtaram Ghadishah, Maliheh Tabibi, Pouran Nazarian are seen among Ihe ladies
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Princess Ashraf Pahlavi
visiting the Day Care Center
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Some Lectures & Seminars in the'1970's
Rachel Pimazar
Delivering a speech on Women's Day
in Tehran - 1973
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International Women's Conference in AthIanta 1978
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Touba Soumekh & Rachel Pirnazar
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Care Centers in Iran, at the AthIanta Conference,
Touba Soumekh attending
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The Jewish Ladies Organization of Hamedan
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Princess Ashraf visits Hamedan
Far left to right: Bahich Mehdian,
Farrokh Shafa, Mehri NR5scri, Forugh
kasheri, and Faridch Shafa, pI'C.'lident
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Farideh Shafa, Babieh Mehdia~
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visiting the Day Care Center
From left to right: Farideh & Farrokh Shafa,
Babieh Mehdian, Mrs. Ghavam, Mehri Nasseri,
Parivash Dancshrad
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The Jewish Ladies Organization of Isfahan
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Roght to left: Maliheh Kashfi, Shamsi Hekmat, Margarit Yaghoubzadeh
while visiting Isfah3" Day Care Center
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Young Ladies Organization
Affiliated with Iranian Jewish Ladies Organization of Iran
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From right to left: Latifeh Melamed, ShiJa
Kawakeb, Nahid Bahremand, Pari Dadfarin,
Gity Montakhab, Ruhi Aminzadeh,
Vajiheb Melamed
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Right to left: Pari Dadfarin, Flora Siman,
Fereshteh Danish, guest, Vajiheh Melamed,
guest, Flora Yedidian, Pan-aoeh Yomtub
Seated: Parichebr Yomtub
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Twentieth anniversary of Young Ladies
Organization 1968
Right to left: Hemda Brookhlm Sassoool ,
Nl1bid Darvisb Pani, Nabid Picnazar Oberman,
GUy Montakbab Klanfar, Rubi Aminzadeh Rabban
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Memories from More Recent Times
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United Nation's Day 1978-Tehran
Seated right to left: Molouk
Zargarian, Ester More, Maliheh
Tablbl, Shamsl Hekmat, Mallheh Kashfi,
Rachel Plrnazar, Efat Sahim
Standing: Mahln Kamran, Parvaneb Sarraf,
_. __~beeea Zcroubabcll, Mahin Etesami
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A gathering in Los Angeles
Seated right to left: Shamsi Hekmat,
Malibeh Kashfi, Touran Afar
Standing: Mahin Etesami and her mother
Khatoon Ebrami, Rachel Pirnazar,
Pouran Nazarian, Fakhri Ghedoushim,
Flora Afshani
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The 36th. Anniversary o.r the
Organization at the home or Helen
Hakim Sbabatian • Los Angeles
1983