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 89–90) 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

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

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

References

1. The Hindu : International : Post-poll polarisation affects power centres
2. Dispatch | A New Turn for Rafsanjani and His Family – Tehran Bureau | FRONTLINE | PBS

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