Effat Shariati
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Effat Shariati Kohbanaei | |
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| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
| Assuming office 27 May 2020 | |
| Succeeding | Hossein Amiri Khamkani |
| Constituency | Zarand and Kuhbanan |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 28 May 2004 – 27 May 2012 | |
| Constituency | Mashhad and Kalat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1952 Mashhad, Iran |
| Political party | Zeynab Society |
| Alma mater | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad |
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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 been repeatedly introduced herself as a 'doctor' in the promotional programs including the ones aired on IRIB [6].
References
- ^ 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
- ^ "Transmenu powered by JoomlArt.com - Mambo Joomla Professional Templates Club". iribtv.ir.
- ^ نت, العربية (1 July 2020). "Shariati attributed the news of her 'fake degree' to Al-Arabia". العربية نت (in Persian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Another PM has a fake degree!?". etedaal.ir. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Shariati's reaction to her fake PhD degree". برنا. برنا نیوز. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Interview with 'doctor' Effat Shariati". player.iranseda.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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- Living people
- 1952 births
- Deputies of Mashhad and Kalat
- Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch faculty
- Members of the 5th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Members of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Zeynab Society politicians
- Members of the Women's fraction of Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Summit of Freethinkers Party politicians
- 21st-century women politicians
- 20th-century women politicians