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 | |
| Children | |
| Relatives | Hossein Marashi (cousin) | 
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]

