Masoumeh Abad ( fa, معصومه آباد; born 5 September 1962) is an Iranian author, university professor, and conservative politician. She was a member of the fourth Islamic City Council of Tehran and it's Director of Health Division. Abad is also the author of the book '' I'm Alive''.

Captivity

During the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...

, Abad played a significant role in the construction and management of hospitals and other medical clinics for the

Iranian Red Crescent Society The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), officially the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, جمعیت هلال احمر جمهوری اسلامی ایران, Jamʿiyyat-e Helâl-e Ahmar-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân) is a n ...

(IRCS). Thirty-three days after the start of the war, when she was 17 years, old Masoumeh Abad, Fatemeh Nahidi, Maryam Bahrami and Halimeh Azmoudehwere captured by the Iraqi military forces on Mahshahr to

Abadan Abadan ( fa, آبادان ''Ābādān'', ) is a city and capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, which is located in the southwest of Iran. It lies on Abadan Island ( long, 3–19 km or 2–12 miles wide). The island is bounded ...

's high way (15 October 1980). They were on Red Crescent mission. At first, Abad, Nahidi, Bahrami and Azmoudeh were sent to Tanoumeh border camp and then they were sent to Estekhbarat (secret agency of Saddam) and Al-Rashid prisons. Again after sometime, Abad and her companions were moved to

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

and Al-Anbar camps. Three years and six months later, on 21 April 1983, Abad was released. '' I'm Alive'' is a memoir by Masoumeh Abad detailing her experiences during the Iran–Iraq War. The book is Abad's captivity memoir in prison. This book has received an award in the 16th ''Ketab-e-Sale-Defa-Moghadas'' of the year award in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. This book discusses some of the roles of Iranian women who participated in the war.

Education

Abad holds a BSc degree in midwifery from

Iran University of Medical Sciences Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) ( fa, دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی درمانی ایران, ''Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti-ye Dârmani-ye Iran'') is a high ranked medical u ...

in 1989, a MSc in Hygiene from

in 1996 and PhD in Hygiene from Shahid Beheshti University in 2011.

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Ayatollah Khamenei about the book “I’m Alive”
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