Rafat Bayat Explained

Rafat Bayat
Order2:Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
Term Start2:3 May 2004
Term End2:3 May 2008
Constituency2:Zanjan and Tarom
Majority2:34,851[1]
Birth Place:Zanjan, Iran

Rafat Bayat (Persian: رفعت بیات) is an Iranian politician and former parliament member. She was denied candidacy for both the 9th Iranian presidential election and the 10th Iranian presidential election by the Guardian Council.

Bayat studied sociology and belongs to the conservative party. If allowed to run, she would have been the first woman to contest the presidency since the 1979 Islamic revolution.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.moi.ir/Portal/File/ShowFile.aspx?ID=484d7529-4e0e-4fa8-b0cc-d45122c8e842 Profile
  2. News: Shortlist of presidential candidates to be released on May 20 . Tehran Times . 10 May 2009 . 12 April 2009.