These are some of the Persian women that many of us are not familiar with, mainly because their names have been literally erased from our history books, and replaced with foreign and un-iranian names instead. Some of them ruled Iran having very important roles.

Some thousand years ago the forces of darkness and repression invaded our homeland in order to destroy everything our ancestors had created and stood for. But not even thousand years were enough to enslave our women, who still very bravely fight the dark forces of backwardness and repression.

To meet some of those brave and proud Persian women, please watch the following short clip: