Early Life
Azar Nafisi is the daughter of Ahmad Nafisi, a former mayor of Tehran (1961–1963) who was the youngest man ever appointed to the post up to that time.
She was educated in Switzerland and received her Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma.
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