TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- If approved by the Iranian cabinet, a woman is going to take the helm at the country’s national airliner Iran Air as the first-ever female Iranian heading the company.
Farzaneh Sharafbafi, a current board member Iran Air, will replace the current CEO Farhad Parvaresh if approved by members of President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet. Sharafbafi, the director-general of Iran Air’s Research Department, will be the first-ever woman to head the national flag carrier.