Effat Marashi

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Effat Marashi
عفت مرعشی
Marashi at the funeral of her husband in 2017
Spouse of the president of Iran
In role
16 August 1989 – 3 August 1997
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byMansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
Succeeded byZohreh Sadeghi
Personal details
Born1935 (age 88–89)
Kerman, Imperial State of Iran
Spouse
(m. 1958; died 2017)
Children
RelativesHossein Marashi (cousin)
Known forSpouse of the President of Iran (1989–1997)

Effat Marashi (Persian: عفت مرعشی; born 1935) is the widow of Iranian politician and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.[1]

2009 protests[edit]

In 2009, during election protests she was quoted as saying: "If people see that [the government] has cheated, they should protest on the streets".

Personal life[edit]

Marashi married Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in 1958. The couple had 5 children: Fatemeh, Mohsen, Faezeh, Mehdi, and Yasser.[2]

References[edit]

Honorary titles
Preceded byas wife of Ali Khamenei Spouse of the President of Iran
1989–1997
Succeeded byas wife of Mohammad Khatami