Effat Shariati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Iranian politician and poet, Member of Parliament
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Place of Birth: Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran
About Effat Shariati
- Effat Shariati (born 1952) is a former Member of the Parliament of Iran, 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. 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 TV Channel 5 (Tehran's official TV channel).
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