Effat Shariati

Effat Shariati (born 1952) is a former Member of the Parliament of Iran,[1] and head of the Iran Women Faction. She was born in Kerman, and from the earlier years of Iran's Islamic Revolution she started cultural and political works. During the Iran–Iraq War she was the writer of war-related programs on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the official TV and radio station. In 1991, she was selected as the head of the women's committee of Grand Khorasan state, and the advisor of the governor of Grand Khorasan. After 6 years she joined IRIB in the role of Cultural Advisor of the direct manager of Grand Khorasan IRIB. Then in 2002 she was selected in the 7th Parliament election as the Member of Parliament for Mashhad, a religious city of Shia Muslims. She is the only female MP of the eastern side of Iran.

Effat Shariati Kohbanaei
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Assuming office
27 May 2020
SucceedingHossein Amiri Khamkani
ConstituencyZarand and Kuhbanan
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2004 – 27 May 2012
ConstituencyMashhad and Kalat
Personal details
Born (1952-11-12) 12 November 1952
Mashhad, Iran
Political partyZeynab Society
Alma materFerdowsi University of Mashhad

She is also a poet, and her two poetry collections have been published under the title Again, I Speak About You!. She is the author of more than 30 scientific articles published in Iran and 2 other books under the title "Media in Europe and media in Islamic Republic of Iran", "A survey about Imam Mahdi in other religions", and " A window to the morning" (A collection of praises). She was also the representative of Iran at the Asia ministers and MPs women's conference in Sillan for 2 years.

Her son Mahmood Ahmadi Afzadi is the president of The News University in Iran, and a professor of the University of British Columbia, Canada. Masood Ahmadi Afzadi,Her second son is the head of IRIB TV5[2] (Tehran's official TV channel).

Controversy

On June 2020, Mohammad Jorjandi a cyber crime researcher accused Shariati of buying a fake PhD degree from a non-existence university called 'New York University of Science and Technology'.[3][4] In response to the news, Shariati renounced that, saying that 'the news is connected to MEK and Alarabia' and that she has never had a PhD degree.[5] In spite of this claim, Shariati has repeatedly been introducing herself as a 'doctor' in the promotional programs including the ones aired on IRIB.[6]

See also

References
  1. 4th Asian-Pacific Women Parliamentarians and Ministers’ Conference, June 11-12, 2006. Wellington, New Zealand sponsored by the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development. Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine A picture of Mrs. Effat Shariati in the Gallery section. Accessed April 6, 2011
  2. "Transmenu powered by JoomlArt.com - Mambo Joomla Professional Templates Club". iribtv.ir.
  3. نت, العربية (1 July 2020). "Shariati attributed the news of her 'fake degree' to Al-Arabia". العربية نت (in Persian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. "Another PM has a fake degree!?". etedaal.ir. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. "Shariati's reaction to her fake PhD degree". برنا. برنا نیوز. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. "Interview with 'doctor' Effat Shariati". player.iranseda.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

Notes
Assembly seats
Preceded by
Fatemeh Rakeei		 President of Women's fraction
2004–2008		 Succeeded by
Tayebeh Safaei
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