Effat Marashi

Effat Marashi
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
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by	Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
Succeeded by	Zohreh Sadeghi
Personal details
Born	1935 (age 88–89); Kerman, Imperial State of Iran
Spouse	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (m. 1958; died 2017)
Children	Fatemeh; Mohsen; Faezeh; Mehdi; Yasser;
Relatives	Hossein Marashi (cousin)
Known for	Spouse 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".

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

Honorary titles
Preceded by Khojaste Bagherzadeh as wife of Ali Khamenei	Spouse of the President of Iran 1989–1997	Succeeded by Zohreh Sadeghi as wife of Mohammad Khatami

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