Ghodrat was born in Tehran, Iran to Abol Hassan Kianpour and Bala Khanom Iravani on May 29, 1925. She went to school in Tehran, Iran. She married Bijan Gilanshah in 1941 in Tehran, Iran.
Ghodrat is survived by her six children, Kambyz Gilanshah, Soudabeh and Siamack Deyhimi, Veeda Vahabzadeh, Farideh and Hossein Ebneyouself, Roshanak Gilanshah, and Kamran and Shiva Gilanshah; 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Burial services will be held at 2 pm December 3, 2021 at National Memorial Park, Falls Church, VA.
