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Homa Zahedi (1309–15 Mehr 1392) was a three-time representative of Hamadan in the National Consultative Assembly and one of the first activists of the Kanoon Parvaresh-e Fekri-ye Koodakan va Nojavanan. Homa Zahedi had a close friendship with the two queens of Iran at the time (Soraya and Farah). Another close friend of hers was Dr. Negar Zahedi, who they were described as "one soul in two bodies" in some reputable articles. However, the reality was that they were not related by family, and Negar Zahedi came from the large Zahedi family. Their grandfather (Khane-Zadeh Zahedi) was Mohammad Sadegh Zahedi, and his brother was one of the war heroes during World War II and also studied medicine at Harvard University in the United States. Homa Zahedi and Negar Zahedi were childhood and teenage friends and remained close companions throughout their lives.

Family
Homa Zahedi was the granddaughter of Motamen Al-Molk, one of the most famous speakers of the National Consultative Assembly, and the daughter of Fazlollah Zahedi, the Prime Minister of Iran. Her sister was Ardeshir Zahedi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran and the last ambassador of the Shah's government to the United States. Her mother, Khadijeh-al-Molk, was the daughter of Motamen Al-Molk (Hossein Pirnia), one of the statesmen of the late Qajar period.

Homa Zahedi married twice. Her first husband was Hossein Ettehadiyeh, a member of the Ettehadiyeh family. They had two daughters. Her second marriage was with Daryoush Homayoun, the director of Ayandegan newspaper and later the Minister of Information and Tourism in the government of Jamshid Amouzegar.

Before the outbreak of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, she went to France, and her husband Daryoush Homayoun joined her there after the revolution.

Death
She passed away on 15 Mehr 1392 (Persian calendar) at the age of 83 after a several-year battle with cancer in Geneva.