Background
Farrokhzad was born in Teheran, Iran, and grew up in the Hammarkullen and Askim areas of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Farrokhzad was born in Teheran, Iran, and grew up in the Hammarkullen and Askim areas of Gothenburg, Sweden.
She now lives in Bagarmossen, a suburb of Stockholm. She is an instructor in the writing program at Nordens folk high school on the island of Biskops-Arnö in Lake Mälaren. Farrokhzad hosted the Sveriges Radio show Sommar on P1 on 21 July 2014.
Her show led to strong reactions from listeners.
Gunnar Axén of the Moderate Party expressed the opinion that her decision to play the Ebba Grön punk song "Beväpna er" (Arm yourselves) was inappropriate and claimed to have thrown out his television so he could stop paying the license fee. The license fee, which must be paid by all households with a television, is used to fund not only television, but also radio.
Others reacted more positively, including Ebba Grön lead singer Joakim Thåström and some reporters and listeners. As of 25 July 2014 there had been 70 complaints to the Swedish Broadcasting Commission concerning Farrokhzad"s show, the most complaints received about any host of the program
She was not included by SVT in the line-up for the television discussion show Sommarpratarna, but the program-makers denied she was left out due the controversy surrounding her radio show.