Career
She was voted down by the Majlis of Iran on September 3, 2009 with 49 favoring, 209 opposing, and 28 abstaining votes. Keshavarz was previously a deputy in the Education Ministry for one year. She has been criticized for her lack of experience.
He added that naming them in the new cabinet is a reformation.
Following her nomination for the education ministry, Keshavarz"s presentation of her policy agenda in late August 2009 made her the first woman ministerial nominee to address the Iranian parliament since the 1970s.