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 90–91) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | |
| Relatives | Hossein Marashi (cousin) |
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Effat Marashi (Persian: عفت مرعشی; born 1935) is the widow of Iranian politician and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. On 25 May 1979, Marashi prevented an assassination attempt on her husband when two members of the Forqan Group tried to kill him. During the 2009 presidential election in Iran, while casting her vote at the Jamaran Hussainiya, statements of hers were published in the media.